cabals
n. (政治)阴谋小集团,(尤指政治上的)阴谋( cabal的名词复数 )
If you refer to a group of politicians or other people as a cabal, you are criticizing them because they meet and decide things secretly.
He had been chosen by a cabal of fellow senators.
他已被一个由一些参议员同仁组成的小集团选中。
...a secret government cabal.
秘密的政府阴谋集团