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Caballing

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ca⋅bal

  [kuh-bal] noun, verb, -balled, -bal⋅ling.
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–noun
1. a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
2. the plots and schemes of such a group; intrigue.
3. a clique, as in artistic, literary, or theatrical circles.
–verb (used without object)
4. to form a cabal; intrigue; conspire; plot.
Origin:
1610–20, for an earlier sense; earlier cabbal < ML cabbala. See cabala

Related forms:
ca⋅bal⋅ler, noun

Synonyms:
1. junta, faction, band, league, ring. 2. See conspiracy.
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ca·bal   (kə-bāl', -bäl')   
n.  

  1. A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers: "Espionage is quite precisely it—a cabal of powerful men, working secretly" (Frank Conroy).

  2. A secret scheme or plot.

intr.v.   ca·balled, ca·bal·ling, ca·bals
To form a cabal; conspire.

[French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabala; see kabbalah.]
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Word Origin & History

cabal 
1616, from Fr. cabal "intrigue, society," originally "mystical interpretation of the Old Testament," from M.L. cabbala (see cabbala). Popularized in Eng. 1673 as an acronym for five intriguing ministers of Charles II (Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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