faction fight

British  

noun

1. a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds

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Example Sentences

Unbelievers have an interest in this religious faction fight, if only because so much social policy revolves around sex and its consequences.

From Time Magazine Archive

And no man knew so well as did Sir Timothy how to elevate a simple legislative attempt into a good faction fight.

From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony

This proclamation was pulled down by the police, but people seemed to expect a faction fight.

From The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland by McDougall, Margaret Moran Dixon

The strife resolved itself into a faction fight between the Mercian house of Leofric and the West Saxon house of Godwine, whose dynastic policy has been magnified into patriotism by a great West Saxon historian.

From The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Now a faction fight doesn't resemble this at all at all.

From The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William