| 释义 | 
		cabalca‧bal /kəˈbæl/ noun [countable] formal    cabalOrigin: 1600-1700 French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala  ‘secret knowledge’, from Late Hebrew qabbalah  ‘received (knowledge)’  - Leaders gather in closed-door cabals and carry on regardless of what their citizens think.
 - People who imagine that some small cabal of powerful investors move the market often talk about the gnomes of Zurich.
 - The Tyrrell Society and all that pining after defunct Oxford cabals - it's irrelevant, Harry, don't you see?
 
    a small group of people who make secret plans, especially in order to have political power  |