faction fight

British

noun

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

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Mr Leonard added: "If any party representative thinks an internal faction fight is more important than this agenda, then they will have to answer to party members and the voters whom we serve".

From BBC

“I don’t want the Labour party to become a faction fight,” Lansman said in a 2016 interview with the Guardian.

From The Guardian

This was not a faction fight between two regions.

From Reuters

Evidently they were graver and deeper than a mere faction fight in the party, or a question whether Cameron or Curtin should have the disposal of the patronage.

From Project Gutenberg

A few days later a similar faction fight took place on the other side of the bridge, in the Piazza Frescobaldi, on the occasion of a lady's funeral.

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