Noun

• S: (n) cabal, faction, junto, camarilla (a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue)
• member meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
• S: (n) set, circle, band, lot (an unofficial association of people or groups) "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
• S: (n) social group (people sharing some social relation)
• S: (n) group, grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) conspiracy, cabal (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))

Verb

• S: (v) conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate (engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together) "They conspired to overthrow the government"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) coconspire (conspire together) "The two men coconspired to cover up the Federal investigation"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame