CABAL Meaning of CABAL in English [ kə'bal ]■ noun a secret political clique or faction. ↘ archaic a secret intrigue.OriginC16 (denoting the Kabbalah): from Fr. ~e , from med. L. ~a (see Kabbalah ). Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004