CABAL

I. noun Etymology: French ~e ~a, intrigue, ~, from Medieval Latin cabbala ~a, from Late Hebrew qabbālāh, literally, received (lore) Date: 1614 the artifices and intrigues of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government), club , group , see: plot II. intransitive verb (~led; ~ling) Date: 1678 to unite in or form a ~