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camarilla

[kam-uh-ril-uh, kah-mah-ree-lyah, -ree-yah] / ˌkæm əˈrɪl ə, ˌkɑ mɑˈri ljɑ, -ˈri jɑ /






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He assembled a little camarilla of army officers and aristocrats and last winter began making secret trips to Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

When President von Hindenburg dropped BrÜning, who had been his protege, the German military camarilla which had maneuvered BrÜning out suggested von Papen to the ancient President, who made him his new protege.

From Time Magazine Archive

One result: today, the old, meddling palace camarilla which made and unmade Premiers in backstairs intrigues is gone.

From Time Magazine Archive

The word which had gone forth that his capture would be grateful to the Regency and its camarilla of Dukes, would naturally sharpen the pursuit.

From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

The Count turned away, and his eye fell upon Federico, who, seeing resistance useless, stood passive in the custody of several of the camarilla.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various

Eco was fond of the Italian term dietrologia, which translates, not very happily, into “behindology” and presumes that secret cliques, camarillas and consortia are everywhere manipulating political scandals.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2016

A puppet in the hands of factions, living from her earliest childhood in an atmosphere of intrigue and falsehood,—the usual atmosphere of Spanish courts and camarillas, how was she to escape the contagion?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various


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