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caballing

caballing

9.9
Involving secret plans by a small group to influence decisions
  • adjective
  • /kəˈbɔlɪŋ/
  • UK
: conspirativo
  • The caballing members of the committee met in private to discuss their strategy.

Examples

  • Rumors spread about a caballing group trying to influence the outcome of the election.

  • She distrusted the caballing atmosphere that had developed among her colleagues.

  • The caballing of the council members raised suspicions.

  • She was accused of caballing against her colleagues.

  • The caballing members of the committee met in private to discuss their strategy.

  • Rumors spread about a caballing group trying to influence the outcome of the election.

  • She distrusted the caballing atmosphere that had developed among her colleagues.

Synonyms

conniving
vscaballing
24 8.0

Someone who secretly plans to do something dishonest or harmful

highlights collective plotting within an organization rather than individual scheming
in cahoots
vscaballing
  • Informal
19 7.6

Secretly working together to do something dishonest

focuses on organized internal plotting within a group or organization
conspiratorial
vscaballing
15 8.1

Suggesting that people share a secret plan to do something bad

is the same group plotting idea but focused on internal organizational action
scheming
vscaballing
12 6.2

Having secret plans to get what you want in a dishonest way

refers to coordinated secret plotting inside a group rather than individual plans
collusive
vscaballing
1 8.6

Working secretly with others to cheat or break the law

involves secret plotting within a group or organization rather than mere agreement
conspirative
vscaballing
8.6

Done in secret to harm or trick people

is specifically about secret plotting inside a group or organization

Antonyms

139 3.7

Being clear so people can see or understand how something works

30 3.5

Being honest and clear about your actions and intentions

How Conspiratorial

caballing
  • UK
9.9
clandestine
  • Formal
40 8.2
covert
129 6.8
secretive
75 4.9

Surface Forms

caballing positive

Morphology

caballing = cabal (transparent) = cabal + ing

Meaning is directly derived from the verb 'cabal' with the participial/gerund suffix '-ing' indicating action or involvement in plotting.

Etymology

Caballing comes from the word cabal, meaning a small, secret group, and that goes back to the old word kabbalah which meant 'secret teaching'. So when something is called caballing it suggests secret plotting or hidden deals by a closed group.