Word of the Day 8/14/14 Cabal

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Cabal (noun, verb)
ca·bal [kuh-bal]

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), ca·balled, ca·bal·ling.
4. to form a cabal; intrigue; conspire; plot.

Can be confused: cabala.

Synonyms
1. junta, faction, band, league, ring.
2. See conspiracy.

Origin: 1610–20, for an earlier sense; earlier cabbal < Medieval Latin cabbala. See cabala

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