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
I do not believe that it is in his nature to be a month in office without caballing against his colleagues.
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Sir George Otto Trevelyan
It is this:—"You know their promptitude in writing, and their diligence in caballing; to write, speak, or act against them will only stimulate them to new efforts."
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Eugene fancied it was White who was caballing against him, but he thought if Colfax was going to change, he was going to change, and there was no help for it.
From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser
Some months of caballing with our friends—even our Hielan' friends—in the France, left me with an unwholesome heart that would almost doubt my father in his grave.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
