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Camarilla

//ˌkæməˈɹɪlə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal.

    "The same lack of accountability has been even more disastrous for the two state-owned banks, which exist primarily to funnel IMF and World Bank funds to the president and his camarilla in the form of unsecured loans."

  2. 2
    a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish camarilla, from cámara (“chamber”) and the diminutive suffix -illa.

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