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S: (n) cabal, faction, junto, camarilla (a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue)

S: (n) clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)

S: (n) Bloomsbury Group (an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles)
S: (n) bohemia (a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style)
S: (n) kitchen cabinet, brain trust (an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government)
S: (n) loop (an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)) "he's no longer in the loop"
S: (n) cabal, faction, junto, camarilla (a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue)
S: (n) military junta, junta (a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power)
S: (n) mafia, maffia (any tightly knit group of trusted associates)
S: (n) faction, sect (a dissenting clique)
S: (n) galere, rogue's gallery (a coterie of undesirable people)
S: (n) hard core (the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement)

S: (n) conspiracy, cabal (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))

S: (v) conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate (engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together) "They conspired to overthrow the government"

S: (v) coconspire (conspire together) "The two men coconspired to cover up the Federal investigation"