camarilla

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camarilla

/ˌkæməˈɹɪlə/
/ˌkæməˈɹiː(j)ə/

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Borrowed from Spanish camarilla, from cámara (“chamber”) and the diminutive suffix -illa.

noun camarillas

A secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal. 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.

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@misc{camarilla_2026,
  title = {camarilla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/camarilla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}