Camarilla

Origin

From Spanish camarilla, from cámara ("chamber") and the diminutive suffix -illa.

Full definition of camarilla

Noun

1. 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." — Wall Street Journal, September 20, 1990----