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camarilla

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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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The eight-part Spanish-language drama, inspired by real events, is set in 1980s Lima, Peru, and follows the rise of an elite law school cabal that infiltrates academia, politics, and organized crime.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 July 2026
This despite its violent, heroic left-leaning revolutionaries and a cabal of right-wing racists with unapologetically murderous intentions.

— Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026

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July 4 birthed independence but also a dysfunctional confederacy.

— Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
The headstone, a memorial to texans who served the confederacy, was erected in 1964, which is to say the state missed the hundred-year anniversary of the battle itself but did remember to put it up in the year that Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.

— Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

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No, but there were certain things that came up about the wider conspiracy.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
The ruling covers four Proud Boys whose sentences Trump commuted, while a separate bid to overturn Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy convictions have yet to be decided.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of conspiracy

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The cartel is led by Nicolás Sierra Santana, who faces a formal indictment in the District of Columbia for conspiracy to traffic drugs, filed in June 2025.

— María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
In season 2, Joe and her team mobilize to rescue a member of Congress kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Definition of cartel

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Kendra Scott, for example, made sense because our customers were already cross-shopping us on RushTok [the TikTok viral trend where college students document their sorority recruitment].

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Elle Woods, the headstrong sorority girl turned Harvard Law student played by Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 film, charms her way into the Ivy League law school through relentless studying and an out-of-the-box admissions video essay.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026

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