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faction fight

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

We had another chelan last night—you have learnt the meaning of that word, I daresay!—a faction fight among our people.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick

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

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 The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace

The Parisians were scarcely done with the "faction fight" in which the rivalry of Gluck and Piccini had involved them; but none of the partisans were inclined to be enthusiastic about the new-comer.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. by Various

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