camarillas

noun

plural of camarilla
as in camorras

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for camarillas
  1. conspiracies
  2. sororities
  3. folds
  4. rings
  5. cabals
  6. bands
  7. gangs
Noun
  • The series blends crime procedural elements with the spiritual and cultural landscape of the Navajo reservation as the officers investigate brutal murders connected to larger conspiracies.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Season 3 finds Ferguson's Juliette seeking answers to her experiences outside the silo and the conspiracies that led to their dystopian world.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
Definition of conspiracies
Noun
  • While fraternities and sororities often have their own chapter gatherings and organizational conferences, the picnic creates a space where members from different organizations can come together in a more informal setting.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • Members of five historically Black fraternities and sororities will be able to request Michigan license plates featuring their organization's logo.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Definition of sororities
Noun
  • From that glossy start emerges an elaborate, colossal bun composed of braids in varying widths—from pencil-thin plaits woven around the base to chunkier folds making up the lion’s share of the height-enhancing sculpture.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 29 June 2026
  • In it, pieces of raw fish are put in the cracks, crevices, and folds of the skin of Zach Holmes, another of the new cast members, who is a large man.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
Definition of folds
Noun
  • Layered pendant necklaces, rings and a slim bracelet completed the look.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 13 July 2026
  • The University of Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026 includes a pair with Super Bowl rings from the Chiefs, and one of the school’s greatest quarterbacks.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Definition of rings
Noun
  • Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Shadow Ticket, set in 1932 Milwaukee, takes place in a landscape of industrial ghosts, strike-breakers, fascist sympathizers and absurdist cabals.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
  • With a story of secret cabals and a child born to rule, Dumont projects the nasty prejudices and bureaucratic rigors of local politics, the tangles of family allegiances, and the tender grunge of young lust into divine and diabolical clashes run from celestial and subterranean castles.
    — JUSTIN CHANG, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Definition of cabals
Noun
  • The brooch features a milky blue cabochon gemstone set between two bands of diamonds.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 July 2026
  • Daytime in the lush park (three hours south of Mexico City) is rich with bands playing psychedelic cumbia, Afrobeat, Latin fusion, and more, while out at night come DJs, local and imported — like this year’s Satoshi Tomiie.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 14 July 2026
Definition of bands
Noun
  • Both gangs are based in San Francisco, and the rivalry has been linked to several other killings around the Bay Area, according to police.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
  • The politician started the team as a positive force for school-age kids, to keep kids in school, off drugs and out of gangs through athletic acrobatic practice and performance.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
Definition of gangs
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