camarilla

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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
  • The Dem Party was run by a cabal of donors and insiders.
    , FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The stories since have opened up a world that includes a monster-killing cabal and its sinister politics.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Long before settlers came to the Americas, there was a confederacy and governance system between three tribes: the Ottawa, the Ojibwe and the Potawatomi.
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The confederacy of tribes was pressured into ceding lands to the state of New York, and further displaced by ensuing frontier settlement.
    Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Police arrested Wimunc on suspicion of his wife's murder, charging him with first-degree murder, second-degree arson and conspiracy to commit second-degree arson.
    Mason Leath, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • From the off, Deza identifies any number of gaps and inconsistencies in the prosecution’s case against her client, and even evidence of a systemic conspiracy against her.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
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
  • The bank drew headlines that year after pleading guilty in a Tampa court to laundering the Medellin cartel’s drug money.
    Deena Sabry, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • There is no cartel for the wind.
    John Kerry, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Even the receptionist, Milan (Taylor), is an attorney-in-training who’s generously welcomed into the sorority.
    Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Furious about this, Jane quit the sorority.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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