Today's Word "cabal"
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cabal \kuh-BAHL; kuh-BAL\ (noun) - 1 : A secret, conspiratorial association of plotters or intriguers whose purpose is usually to bring about an overturn especially in public affairs. 2 : The schemes or plots of such an association.
(intransitive verb) - To form a cabal; to conspire; to intrigue; to plot.
"So much for looking at the deaths of McAllister and his mother from a cabal conspiracy point of view. Let's try another approach... I wonder if we're working too hard to connect them both to the cabal?" -- Jayne Ann Krentz, 'White Lies'
Cabal derives from Medieval Latin cabala, a transliteration of Hebrew qabbalah, "received," hence "traditional, lore," from qabal, "to receive." The evolution in sense is: "(secret) tradition, secret, secret plots or intrigues, secret meeting, secret meeters, a group of plotters or intriguers."
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