Thesaurus results for CAMARILLA

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

Definition of cabal

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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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Daniel later pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge connected to his threats, and in June of this year he was sentenced in state court to three years in prison and five years of probation, just weeks before his 19th birthday.

— Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Holmes was convicted by a federal jury in 2022 of wire fraud and conspiracy for lying to investors about her blood-testing company, Theranos.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of conspiracy

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Massive stockpiles of methamphetamine smuggled onto the islands by cartels have spurred a widespread addiction crisis, seen as a key driver of an HIV epidemic that Fiji recently declared a national emergency.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Mexico has been plagued by cartel violence that has killed or left missing over half a million people in just a few decades, according to the government's estimates.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of cartel

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The woman, who was a 20-year-old Cornell student at the time and a sorority member, went to campus police about three weeks later, according to the lawsuit.

— Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
The series starred Emma Roberts as Chanel #1, Grande as Chanel #2, Billie Lourd as Chanel #3, Abigail Breslin as Chanel #5 and Lea Michele, a group of Kappa Kappa Tau sorority sisters targeted by a killer known as the Red Devil.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026

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