HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cabal
/kəˈbɑl/
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What does cabal mean?
noun
- A secret plot.
- An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism.
verb
- To engage in the activities of a cabal.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A surname.
noun
- (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəˈbɑl/
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Every mere council of appointment, however constituted, will be a conclave, in which cabal and intrigue will have their full scope.
But the same cabal which opposed him in his hereditary dominions, laboured also to counteract him in his canvass for the imperial dignity.
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"What! have you no monks who teach, who dispute, who govern, who cabal, and who burn people that are not of their opinion?"
The truth is that, if there was a cabal, it was led by Carlotta herself against poor Christine, who had no suspicion of it.
She and Dr. lee, the only one she consults of the late cabal, very sensibly burned the late Prince's papers the moment he was dead.