cabal /kəˈbæl/ (cabals)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） If you refer to a group of politicians or other people as a cabal, you are criticizing them because they meet and decide things secretly. (政治)阴谋小集团 [usu with supp] [表不满]

  例：

  He had been chosen by a cabal of fellow senators.

  他被参议员同伴们选入了一个政治阴谋小集团。