Douglas Murray

Neoconservatism is not what people think it is. It is not a party or a group. Many people popularly seen as neocons - Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld - are no such thing. Most neoconservatives reject the term. And those who accept it generally don't know each other and certainly don't act as the cabal that conspiracy-lovers imagine.

Gina Miller

The things being smuggled in under the cover of Brexit will damage so much of what we hold dear. A cabal of tycoons would see their wealth and influence turbocharged, while the mass of the population would see their prosperity, their security and, ultimately, their liberty dwindle away.

Guyanese Activist

Michael Ignatieff

Conservatives believe that international institutions such as the United Nations are anti-American and anti-Israeli cabals. Progressives do not like the economic medicine that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank force down the throats of developing countries.

Canadian Politician

Shervin Pishevar

We write with the souls of thousands of lives saved, the lives of millions of jobs created, liberating multitudes of drivers from the shackles of servitude to iniquitous taxi cartels of corrupt cabals that choked cities with their pollution of air and morals.

Iranian Businessman

Marquis de Lafayette

Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.

French Revolutionary

Tom Fitton

Unfortunately for the American people, the Obama-Clinton-Rice cabal that led to the Benghazi cover-up was far more interested in political-damage control than serious damage assessment.

American Activist

Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

Easy spying is supposed to nab bad guys, but what happens when the small cabal of desperate men who head the security state see the future president as the bad guy?

American Author

Matt Gaetz

We're called conspiracy theorists because we see this cabal right in front of us. We're able to aggregate these data points and show what was really going on.

American Politician

Hanna Rosin

The general image of a man in an American sitcom is like a complete moron. You'd think the industry was run by a feminist cabal.

Israeli Author

Cabal usually implies secretive and dishonest activities, often with a negative outcome.

Negative Connotation

Originally, 'Cabal' referred to a specific group of ministers to Charles II, now used more generally.

Historical Reference

A 'cabal' is like a clique but usually involved in political or power-seeking activities.

Clique Versus Cabal

In computing, 'cabal' refers to a specific file type and is not related to secrecy or conspiracy.

Tech Specific

When talking about cabinet files, 'cabal' is often pronounced like 'cable' to differentiate from the other meaning.

Pronunciation Clue

A cabal file in tech is used to compress data, making it easier to store and transfer.

File Compression

 so sinister and so compelling. We place such a premium on our free will and our independence that the prospect of losing those qualities to forces unseen informs many of our deepest societal fears. Orwellian dystopias and shadowy cabals

Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...

 But who would choose him? Not the people, they were too liable to be misled as one framer worried. Not the legislature, that would lead to cabal and factions. Got electors, wise, informed men who have time to make a good decision.

Inventing the American...

 question remains how could such an eerily flawless manuscript exist what kind of extraordinary scribe could have done it or did some scribe cabal band together determined to pass as one