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
  • Oh, and thanks to their habit of drinking Mother's blood, Blaine, Anneliese, and the rest of their cabal of staff have been kept from aging, getting sick, or dying since 1949, maintaining the same youthful appearance for decades.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
  • The Hollywood sign is ablaze as Spencer Pratt, the reality TV star now running for mayor of Los Angeles, suits up as Batman, enters City Hall and leads the people to overthrow a cabal of corrupt, out-of-touch progressives intent on destroying the city.
    National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 18 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
  • Now, he's pardoned all of these people, despite the fact that they were convicted of violently assaulting police officers, conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States in seditious conspiracy, and so on.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • Shannon Kurrie, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in the scheme earlier this month, according to the federal agency.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 16 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
  • While the Aquatravesia was still in Mexican waters, the captain was allegedly told cartel members would be waiting roughly 80 nautical miles offshore on the evening of May 14 and the early morning of May 15 to retrieve the drugs, according to the complaint.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • The captain was informed that while the Aquatravesia was in Mexican waters, small naval crafts with armed cartel members would be waiting 80 nautical miles from the shore.
    City News Service, Daily News, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • Nuuly, a $98-a-month fashion subscription service, has come to dominate sorority houses and everywhere else, tapping a desire to wear more clothes while owning less.
    Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
  • Viewers may know Addicks from HBO Max’s 2023 documentary Bama Rush, which pulled back the curtain on the sorority recruitment process at the University of Alabama.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 May 2026

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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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