cabal
noun
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
caballing
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present participleof cabal.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Henry Kissinger happened to be visiting London at the time and witnessed the caballing against her.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 8, 2013
While Bolingbroke and his confederates were caballing and counselling, and paltering and drinking, the Whig statesmen were maturing their plans, and when the moment came for action it found them ready to act.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by Justin McCarthy
By dint of caballing, he succeeded in obtaining an open competition for the work in question; whoever chose, was at liberty to send in his picture, and the best would obtain the preference.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various
All that interval there was great and numerous caballing among the courtiers.
From Andrew Marvell by John Morley
Some of the canons who had made themselves notorious for quarrelling and caballing were to be debarred from promotion, and were commended to the Prior and Subprior for punishment.
From Yorkshire—Coast and Moorland Scenes by Gordon Home
