faction fight

British  

noun

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

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faction fight

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

Now, the furst faction fight in Oireland, they say, Was all on account of St. Patrick's birthday.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

The real issue of the complex faction fight during James’s minority was thus of the most essential importance; but the constant shiftings of parties and persons cannot be dealt with fully in our space. 

From A Short History of Scotland by Lang, Andrew

Quite a couple of hundred women with a sprinkling of men, and as much noise as at an Irish faction fight.

From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)

The view that the war was a mere faction fight between nobles and their retainers, while the rest of the country went about their business, is somewhat exaggerated.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)