Camarilla
WordNet
noun
(1) A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal
Quotations
- "The same lack of accountability has been even more disastrous for the two state-owned banks, which exist primarily to funnel IMF and World Bank funds to the president and his camarilla in the form of unsecured loans." — Wall Street Journal, September 20, 1990