camarilla

Definition of camarillanext

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camarilla
Noun
  • Citizens with issues in and around Los Angeles plead their case before the cabal of elites, from Hugh Jackman on his knees begging for permission to rebuild his Pacific Palisades home, to a mother raising alarm about the homeless population outside her child’s school.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Cohen knows today’s podcasting cabal owes him a debt for pioneering its booking practices; Call Her Daddy and Las Culturistas don’t get to bounce between Michelle Obama and Huda Mustafa from Love Island USA without Cohen’s tradition of loving nosiness.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Frey, a seventh-generation basket maker, joins a long line of Wabanaki people (his tribe, the Passamaquoddy, is part of this larger confederacy) to practice the age-old craft.
    Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2026
  • However, a pro-Union group headed toward Arizona to stop this forward movement of the confederacy.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Where did the specific antisemitism conspiracy about Ferguson originate from?
    Howard Libit, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2026
  • The governor faces federal charges, including narcotics importation conspiracy and possession of machine guns and destructive devices, along with another conspiracy count.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • The investigations lead Nikki to secret deals between the U.S. Navy and the camorra, a syndicate of organized crime families in Naples.
    Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
  • In the struggling city of Naples, stereotyped by other Italians as superstitious and controlled by the camorra, Maradona was received like a homecoming god.
    Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • Over the years, scammers in Myanmar, drug cartels in Latin America, including a narco-submarine, and Russian military forces, have all been spotted using Starlink, which has prompted SpaceX to try to clamp down.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
  • As part of these efforts, the US has ousted Venezuela’s former leader, expanded the US embargo on Cuba, prosecuted senior Mexican officials with alleged cartel ties, and punished Costa Rican journalists for criticizing a Washington ally.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Angelina Jolie and Gizelle Bryant pose alongside their daughters at an Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority brunch, Pink and her daughter Willow attend The Lost Boys on Broadway as Steph and Ayesha Curry also make the night a family affair, Megan Thee Stallion appears to cry onstage after Moulin Rouge!
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Numerous other fraternities and a handful of sororities have received probation and warnings for hazing in the period from 2018 through the spring 2025 semester.
    Matthew Kelly April 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026

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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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