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camarilla

noun

Definition of camarilla

as in cabal

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Recent Examples of camarilla Russia does not have institutions so much as a camarilla of oligarchs around the leader. — Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018

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Noun

Perhaps that silence is also designed by a billionaire cabal.

— Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
The screenplay alternates between info dumps and basic lines of dialogue delivered stonily by an international cabal of anonymous stuntmen.

— Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

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Seneca said the renaming violated the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua, which was signed by President George Washington and the Haudenosaunee confederacy promising perpetual peace and friendship.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
July 4 birthed independence but also a dysfunctional confederacy.

— Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

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But the underlying transactions, especially the possibility that money was transferred through illicit means, could invite a host of criminal-law ramifications, including fraud, conspiracy and money laundering.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Joseph Livreri and his brother Anthony Livreri pleaded guilty to conspiracy and bribery after being charged with bribing a former New York City buildings commissioner who was part of Eric Adams' Democratic administration.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026

Definition of conspiracy

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Big agriculture, private security firms, international drug cartels — all are choked out by Reacher’s big ol’ biceps.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Whatever cartel-like behavior does emerge will probably look less like coordinated price-fixing and more like the airline industry, which competes on reliability and bundled extras as the underlying product commoditizes.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of cartel

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It is described as a dark comedy set in the cutthroat world of sorority recruitment.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
The crash killed Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams, all seniors at Pepperdine University in Malibu and members of the Alpha Phi sorority.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026

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