cabal, coterie, inner circle, cronies, elites, oligarchy, faction, renegades, sycophants, praetorian guard, clan, aristocracy, posse, egotists, nomenklatura, cadre, lackeys, plutocrats, flatterers, stratum, fiefdom, bootlicking, godfathers, flunkies, machinations, ocracy, stooges, gangsters, camarilla, cohorts, toadies, misfits, comprador, coven, placemen, bourgeoisie, princeling, viscounts, backstabbing, twits, queen bee, despot, kleptocracy, hierarchy, petty bourgeoisie, juntas, subculture, hirelings, intelligentsia, outcasts, broederbond, thugs, illuminati, gang, intriguers, opportunists, careerist, loyalists, gerontocracy, egoists, usurpers, satraps, entourage, henchmen, ancien regime, minions, apparatchik, milieu, matriarchy, praetorian, echelon, dictators, aristos, megalomaniac, reactionaries, apparat, troglodytes, preppies, triumvirate, brownshirt, regime, powerbrokers, tyrant, twerps, dilettantes, clubbish, plebeians, incompetents, prigs, malcontents, bonapartist, party, retinue, overlord, bossy, aristocrats, claque, capitalists, pelf, klepto, yuppies, technocracy, cliques, club, syndicate, caucus, circles, fraternity, hostile, class, coalition, directorate, wing, bloc, bureau, clubs, elite, associational, cohort, group, team, organizational, results, roots, structure, subcultural, consensus, corporate, covariate, defect, grassroots, interorganizational, linkage, oligopoly

galere, junta, junto, loop, maffia, mafia, rogue's gallery, sect

., cabal, camarilla, faction, hack, junto, machine politician, political hack, sect, ward-heeler

band, circle, lot, set

camp, ingroup, pack