cabal
noun
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
were caballing
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past progressiveof cabal.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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While Bolingbroke and his confederates were caballing and counselling, and paltering and drinking, the Whig statesmen were maturing their plans, and when the moment came for action it found them ready to act.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by Justin McCarthy
