A usually secret exclusive organization of individuals gathered for a nefarious purpose.
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Examples for "faction "
Examples for "faction "
1 Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way.
2 What the faction 's rise means for China's future is not so certain.
3 The attack, which went unclaimed by any Palestinian faction , caused no damage.
4 Xi, however, was gathering his forces against Zhou and the oil faction .
5 Using one religious faction to confront another can be a dangerous strategy.
1 I've never heard of anyone yet who has outsmarted a Mancini cabal .
2 Both Mary and Bill said this cabal thing of yours is hogwash.
3 I want to punish the cable cabal for taking all my money.
4 No, I want the names of every cabal member you know of.
5 Perhaps these men were part of a cabal that has broken down.
1 The camarilla crowded round Ferdinand, who lay without sense or motion.
2 Trust Teofan, but make an end of the ecclesiastical camarilla which is against thee.
3 The words were an electric shock to the camarilla .
4 Truly the camarilla were supporting each other, and I, an onlooker, stood amazed and astounded.
5 He was too honest, and, therefore, dangerous to the Court camarilla set up and paid by Potsdam.
1 But the master spirit of the junto was still cool and collected.
2 The junto wished to place Sir Thomas Littleton in the chair.
3 The Cavendishes had generally been strenuous supporters of the King and the junto .
4 The Whig junto was still their terror and their abhorrence.
5 The statesmen of the junto would do nothing for him.
6 True, the junto was leaderless for the moment, and Bucks had no very able lieutenants.
7 Pamphlets issued by the other side called them a junto of debtors, knaves, and worthless-moneyists.
8 The Whigs formed a " junto , " or caucus, and the Tories followed their example.
9 To this junto you have twice sacrificed yourself, and what have you got by it?
10 A third aristocratic junto of twenty-four was appointed to make grants of money to the crown.
11 Explain these words: incontestable, disapprobation, averse, delectable, orgies, whimsical, junto , dulcet, dowagers, macaronis, pigmy, hoyden, divertisements.
12 At Guildhall the junto was less fortunate.
13 Ten Broeck completed this junto of adventurers.
14 The removal of North, or the whole detestable junto , is a matter unworthy the millions we have expended.
15 And there is no authority on earth which can break up this junto , short of a general convention.
16 In addition to these he inveighed bitterly against the abolitionists, as a junto of secretaries, sophists, enthusiasts, and fanatics.
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