cabal
noun
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
caballed
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past participleof cabal.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cabal.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cabalnouna small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
Example Sentences
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They caballed, traduced the Baron, and he fell into disgrace.
From After London Or, Wild England by Richard Jefferies
For this end alone they consulted, and caballed, and calculated, and junketed; and the Lecompton Constitution, with the Schedule annexed, was the worthy fruit of their labors.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 by Various
The bishops and champions of different parties caballed to draw over the emperor to their side, and thus aid them in crushing their adversaries.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach
He laughed at the crises: he disdained this war of words, caballed against ministers, and treated passing events with levity.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde
The King, regarding it as a blow at the power of the Crown, caballed and canvassed the Peers against it.
From The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick by Charles Bradlaugh
