cabal

The definition of a cabal is a scheme or a group of schemers.

(noun)

An example of a cabal is a group of students planning to pull a senior prank.

See cabal in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: Fr, intrigue, society (popularized in England from the initials of the ministers of Charles II) < ML cabbala, cabala

intransitive verb caballed, caballing

to join in a cabal; plot

See cabal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers: “Espionage is quite precisely it—a cabal of powerful men, working secretly” (Frank Conroy).
A secret scheme or plot.

intransitive verb ca·balled, ca·bal·ling, ca·bals

To form a cabal; conspire.

Origin:

Origin: French cabale

Origin: , from Medieval Latin cabala; see kabbalah

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