clique🔊

A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal. +

(graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

(Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.

To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.