to caball

Examples

• All

• Rumors spread that several executives had been caballing to take control of the company.

• They caballed against the new policy.

• He accused his colleagues of caballing against him to get him fired.

• Did they caball in secret?

• The officials were caught caballing behind closed doors to manipulate the election results.

• The rival teams were caballing to undermine the tournament's integrity.

• Rumors spread that the board members were caballing to remove the CEO without a proper vote.

Synonyms

C

to conspire

vsto caball

130 5.8

To secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful

emphasizes forming a secret group to plot against someone, not just planning

C

to collude

vsto caball

44 8.3

To secretly work with others to trick or cheat someone

is about forming a secret group to oppose or harm someone, not only deceiving

C

to collogue

vsto caball

• Archaic

9.9

To meet secretly to plan something dishonest

focuses on creating a secret group to plot against someone

C

to cabal

vsto caball

• Formal

9.7

To plot secretly to gain power, often in politics

involves forming a secret group specifically to scheme against someone

C

to coconspire

vsto caball

9.7

To plan secretly with others to do something illegal

refers to creating a secret group to plot against someone

How Conspiratorial

to conspire

130 5.8

to caball

• Archaic

9.9

to plot

120 4.8

to scheme

14 6.5

Surface Forms

Etymology