camarilla

Definition of camarillanext

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Noun
  • 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
  • This year’s sequel climaxes with Grace hijacking her second wedding to a Satanic heir by killing him and banishing his oligarchical cabal to hell.
    Judy Berman, Time, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • And the citizenship question, the birthright-citizenship question, is part of that effort to federalize power such that a confederacy, a secession or anything like it, could never happen again.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Former Lakers Malik Beasley and Ed Davis were charged with wire fraud conspiracy and bribery in sporting contests by federal prosecutors in a sweeping indictment that included four other co-conspirators.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Political podcasters such as Tucker Carlson peddle conspiracies and lies, and there seems to be little consequence for hateful rhetoric.
    Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • They're outnumbered already, and the Mexican cartel HQ is closer.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The country had spent the last decade grappling with a war between the state and the myriad narco-terrorist cartels.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Think the college roommate who referred you for your first real job, the sorority sister who made one phone call that opened a door no resume could have or the former colleague who vouched for you at exactly the right moment.
    Crystal Gilmore, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Hutchins compares the environment to a large-scale gathering of talent and expertise that extends far beyond fraternity and sorority membership.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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