ca·bal (kə-băl', -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., -balled, -bal·ling, -bals.
To form a cabal; conspire.

[French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabala. See kabbalah.]

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