camarilla
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish camarilla, from cámara (“chamber”) and the diminutive suffix -illa.
Noun
camarilla (plural camarillas)
- A secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal.
- 1990, Wall Street Journal, September 20
- 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.
- 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 369:
- The negotiation dripped with bad faith on both sides, with a powerful Austrian camarilla always seeing it as a short-term deal with the Hungarians to be followed by retribution in due course.
- 1990, Wall Street Journal, September 20
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish
Noun
camarilla f (plural camarillas)
Italian
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish
Noun
camarilla f (plural camarille)
Spanish
Etymology
From cámara (“chamber”) and the diminutive suffix -illa.
Noun
camarilla f (plural camarillas)
- A secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal
- "El objetivo implícito de esta línea de pensamiento es un mundo de pesadilla en el que el líder, o alguna camarilla gobernante, controla no sólo el futuro sino también el pasado." — George Orwell, «Mirando hacia atrás a la guerra civil española.» (otoño de 1942)
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