/ kəˈbæl; NAmE also -ˈbɑːl/ noun
( formal , usually disapproving ) a small group of people who are involved in secret plans to get political power
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (denoting the Kabbalah): from French cabale , from medieval Latin cabala , cabbala , from Rabbinical Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, from qibbēl receive, accept.