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/ˌkæməˈɹɪlə/ · noun
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.
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.
Use camarilla when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Camarilla means A secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal..
Common synonyms include faction, junto, cabal, junta.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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