Noun

• S: (n) cabal, faction, junto, camarilla (a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue)
• S: (n) conspiracy, cabal (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
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• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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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
• S: (v) plot (plan secretly, usually something illegal) "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
• 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) counterplot (make a plot in response to another plot)
• S: (v) scheme, intrigue, connive (form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner)
• derivationally related form
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