NYC public hs social worker. Occasional adjunct. Self-defense & Goju-Ryu instructor. Loves dogs & cats & snark. Rabbit holes: preventing suicide, memory, curiosity, connection, anger. "Insanity is relative. Who sets the norm?" -Bukowski
![4a A small group of people who come together to promote their own interests or gain power, typically keeping themselves and their actions away from public view or scrutiny; a secretive clique or faction, esp in politics. Cf Kabbalah
[From the late 20th cent. typically (often in conspiracy theories) with reference to supposed cliques of wealthy and powerful individuals exercising a secretive, controlling influence on governments, the global economy, and world events.]
1648-The Caball of Grandees still keep Ashburnham and Barkley in the Army. (C. Walker, Anarchia Anglicana 77)
1660-You were of the cabal. (Excerpt Accompt Trial Regicides 175)
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1948-A cabal of high-ranking officers, acting from Moon Base, tried to seize power over the entire world. (R.A. Heinlein, Space Cadet, 24)
1991-How dare a cabal of elected and unelected officials set out to subert our consitution. (P. Robertson, New World Order, ii.v. 109)
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NYC public hs social worker. Occasional adjunct. Self-defense & Goju-Ryu instructor. Loves dogs & cats & snark. Rabbit holes: preventing suicide, memory, curiosity, connection, anger. "Insanity is relative. Who sets the norm?" -Bukowski