Cabal

Cabal

(1): (n.) A secret.

(2): (n.) A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.

(3): (n.) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.

(4): (v. i.) To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.

(5): (n.) Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala