[ca.bal] n [F cabale cabala, intrigue, cabal, fr. ML cabbala cabala, fr. LHeb qabbalah, lit., received (lore)] (1614): the artifices and intrigues of a group of persons secretly united to bring about an overturn or usurpation esp. in public affairs; also: a group engaged in such artifices and intrigues syn see plot
[2]cabal vi ca.balled ; ca.bal.ling (1680): to unite in or form a cabal