Cabal
noun
A small group of people who plan secretly to do something, usually something evil or wrong.
The officials were part of a cabal plotting to overthrow the government.
Often appears as...
- political cabal
- secret cabal
noun
In computing, short for CAB file, a cabinet file is a Microsoft Windows file format for compressed files or libraries.
The CAB file for the application was damaged, rendering the application unusable.
Often appears as...
- cab file
- damaged cabal
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noun
A small group of people who plan secretly to do something, usually something evil or wrong.
The officials were part of a cabal plotting to overthrow the government.
Often appears as...
- political cabal
- secret cabal
noun
In computing, short for CAB file, a cabinet file is a Microsoft Windows file format for compressed files or libraries.
The CAB file for the application was damaged, rendering the application unusable.
Often appears as...
- cab file
- damaged cabal
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Cabal usually implies secretive and dishonest activities, often with a negative outcome.
The company's downfall was attributed to a cabal of corrupt executives.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Reference
Originally, 'Cabal' referred to a specific group of ministers to Charles II, now used more generally.
The novel featured a historical cabal manipulating the royal succession.
Pro Tip 3/3Clique Versus Cabal
A 'cabal' is like a clique but usually involved in political or power-seeking activities.
Unlike the socialite's clique, the minister's cabal had a definite political agenda.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Cabal usually implies secretive and dishonest activities, often with a negative outcome.
The company's downfall was attributed to a cabal of corrupt executives.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Reference
Originally, 'Cabal' referred to a specific group of ministers to Charles II, now used more generally.
The novel featured a historical cabal manipulating the royal succession.
Pro Tip 3/3Clique Versus Cabal
A 'cabal' is like a clique but usually involved in political or power-seeking activities.
Unlike the socialite's clique, the minister's cabal had a definite political agenda.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Cabal usually implies secretive and dishonest activities, often with a negative outcome.
The company's downfall was attributed to a cabal of corrupt executives.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Reference
Originally, 'Cabal' referred to a specific group of ministers to Charles II, now used more generally.
The novel featured a historical cabal manipulating the royal succession.
Pro Tip 3/3Clique Versus Cabal
A 'cabal' is like a clique but usually involved in political or power-seeking activities.
Unlike the socialite's clique, the minister's cabal had a definite political agenda.
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Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
so sinister and so compelling. We place such a premium on our free will and our independence that the prospect of losing those qualities to forces unseen informs many of our deepest societal fears. Orwellian dystopias and shadowy cabals
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Inventing the American...
But who would choose him? Not the people, they were too liable to be misled as one framer worried. Not the legislature, that would lead to cabal and factions. Got electors, wise, informed men who have time to make a good decision.
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Exorcising the Devil PIPE...
question remains how could such an eerily flawless manuscript exist what kind of extraordinary scribe could have done it or did some scribe cabal band together determined to pass as one
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Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
so sinister and so compelling. We place such a premium on our free will and our independence that the prospect of losing those qualities to forces unseen informs many of our deepest societal fears. Orwellian dystopias and shadowy cabals
Video examples
Inventing the American...
But who would choose him? Not the people, they were too liable to be misled as one framer worried. Not the legislature, that would lead to cabal and factions. Got electors, wise, informed men who have time to make a good decision.
Video examples
Exorcising the Devil PIPE...
question remains how could such an eerily flawless manuscript exist what kind of extraordinary scribe could have done it or did some scribe cabal band together determined to pass as one
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Douglas Murray
Neoconservatism is not what people think it is. It is not a party or a group. Many people popularly seen as neocons - Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld - are no such thing. Most neoconservatives reject the term. And those who accept it generally don't know each other and certainly don't act as the cabal that conspiracy-lovers imagine.
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Gina Miller
Guyanese Activist
The things being smuggled in under the cover of Brexit will damage so much of what we hold dear. A cabal of tycoons would see their wealth and influence turbocharged, while the mass of the population would see their prosperity, their security and, ultimately, their liberty dwindle away.
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Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
Conservatives believe that international institutions such as the United Nations are anti-American and anti-Israeli cabals. Progressives do not like the economic medicine that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank force down the throats of developing countries.
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Shervin Pishevar
Iranian Businessman
We write with the souls of thousands of lives saved, the lives of millions of jobs created, liberating multitudes of drivers from the shackles of servitude to iniquitous taxi cartels of corrupt cabals that choked cities with their pollution of air and morals.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.
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Tom Fitton
American Activist
Unfortunately for the American people, the Obama-Clinton-Rice cabal that led to the Benghazi cover-up was far more interested in political-damage control than serious damage assessment.
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Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
American Author
Easy spying is supposed to nab bad guys, but what happens when the small cabal of desperate men who head the security state see the future president as the bad guy?
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Matt Gaetz
American Politician
We're called conspiracy theorists because we see this cabal right in front of us. We're able to aggregate these data points and show what was really going on.
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Hanna Rosin
Israeli Author
The general image of a man in an American sitcom is like a complete moron. You'd think the industry was run by a feminist cabal.
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Douglas Murray
Neoconservatism is not what people think it is. It is not a party or a group. Many people popularly seen as neocons - Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld - are no such thing. Most neoconservatives reject the term. And those who accept it generally don't know each other and certainly don't act as the cabal that conspiracy-lovers imagine.
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Gina Miller
Guyanese Activist
The things being smuggled in under the cover of Brexit will damage so much of what we hold dear. A cabal of tycoons would see their wealth and influence turbocharged, while the mass of the population would see their prosperity, their security and, ultimately, their liberty dwindle away.
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Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
Conservatives believe that international institutions such as the United Nations are anti-American and anti-Israeli cabals. Progressives do not like the economic medicine that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank force down the throats of developing countries.
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Shervin Pishevar
Iranian Businessman
We write with the souls of thousands of lives saved, the lives of millions of jobs created, liberating multitudes of drivers from the shackles of servitude to iniquitous taxi cartels of corrupt cabals that choked cities with their pollution of air and morals.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.
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Tom Fitton
American Activist
Unfortunately for the American people, the Obama-Clinton-Rice cabal that led to the Benghazi cover-up was far more interested in political-damage control than serious damage assessment.
Quote examples
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
American Author
Easy spying is supposed to nab bad guys, but what happens when the small cabal of desperate men who head the security state see the future president as the bad guy?
Quote examples
Matt Gaetz
American Politician
We're called conspiracy theorists because we see this cabal right in front of us. We're able to aggregate these data points and show what was really going on.
Quote examples
Hanna Rosin
Israeli Author
The general image of a man in an American sitcom is like a complete moron. You'd think the industry was run by a feminist cabal.
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