cabal
noun
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
cabals
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pluralof cabal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof cabal (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
cabalnouna small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
Example Sentences
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That Epstein’s crimes were confined to himself and a few enablers, chiefly Ghislaine Maxwell, was intolerable to influencers and politicos determined to attribute all bad things to the dark workings of cabals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
So rather than accepting that the world is a complicated place nobody can control, they're susceptible to the idea that there are secret cabals out to get them.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2023
These stories offered agency: Evil cabals could be defeated.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
“As soon as they heard that, a lot of cabals here in Hollywood, that’s all they needed to hear. It’s like, ‘OK, she must be destroyed.’
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2019
Men muttered in small cabals or threatened one another by the fireside, cutting each other with their eyes and hissing, vaunting superiority in their familiarity with the Unseen.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
