Definition of cabal Cabal
/kʌbɑˈl/ - [kubal] - ca•bal
We found 16 definitions of cabal from 7 different sources.
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What does cabal mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: cabals |
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| cabal - a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | ||
| faction, junto, camarilla | ||
| clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp, pack an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | ||
| cabal - a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) | ||
| conspiracy | ||
| secret plan, plot, game a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start" | ||
| political science, government, politics the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cabal (Noun)
A usually secret exclusive organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose. - cabal (Noun)
A secret plot. - cabal (Noun)
An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism. - cabal (Verb)
To engage in the activities of a cabal.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cabal (n.)
Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala - cabal (n.)
A secret. - cabal (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. - cabal (n.)
The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue. - cabal (v. i.)
To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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cabal
Clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes. -
cabal
A usually secret exclusive organization of individuals gathered for a nefarious purpose.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cabal
ka-bal′, n. a small party united for some secret design: the plot itself: a name in English history esp. given to five unpopular ministers of Charles II. (1672), whose initials happened to make up the word.—v.i. to form a party for a secret purpose: to plot:—pr.p. cabal′ling.—n. Cabal′ler, a plotter or intriguer. [Fr. cabale; from Cabala.]
Wikipedia 
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A cabal is a group of people who try to control things in a secret way.
Sometimes people say "There Is No Cabal", or use the abbreviation TINC to mean "There Is No Cabal".
A cabal does not mean people who are in power because they are meant to have power. A cabal means people who have more power than they are meant to have.
Current usage.
One new example of the use of the word Cabal is that the former chief of staff, Lawrence Wilkerson, of the Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the foreign policy of George W. Bush's administration were run by a "Cheney-Rumsfeld cabal". With this word he meant that the President had not really the power that he is given by the constitution and that the Vice President and the Secretary of Defense had more influence than they should have.
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