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
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Noun
  • Giant subterranean sandworms measuring 1,500 feet long; a narcotic that fuels interstellar travel and bends a user’s perception of space-time; a mystical cabal of eugenicist witches—the list goes on.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Camus’s conspiracy that a cabal of powerful elites is plotting a great replacement to ensure the exploitation and domination of low- and middle-income White people is nothing short of a grand distraction.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Wainfleet area falls within the traditional homeland of the Six Nations of the Grand River, a confederacy comprising the Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Tuscarora peoples — the Haudenosaunee.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Even in contemporary political and intellectual discourse, there remains an attachment to a particular stupid southern conservatism, the ideocratic confederacy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Austin Lynch, 18, was arraigned Friday for conspiracy in the fourth degree, the Suffolk County district attorney said.
    Katie Houlis, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The anti-graft agency also arrested 23 people on suspicion of offenses such as bribery and conspiracy to defraud.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 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
  • Those include Mexico's Sinaloa cartel as well as the Cartel de los soles, or Cartel of the Suns, a term used to describe a loose network of corrupt, high-ranking military officers in neighboring Venezuela.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Sometimes what the cartel needs most is a guy who’s a whiz with a spreadsheet.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The dancers will execute styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities, traditional African dances and an array of contemporary styles, according to The Hemmens website.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The Girl Scouts and sororities are constitutionally protected.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 Mar. 2026

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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.

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