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Definition of Cliques
1. clique [v] - See also: clique
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cliques
Literary usage of Cliques
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1902)
"... vices of bureaucratic rule; it is exercised in a mischievous subordination to
intrigues and cliques at home, and intrigues and cliques in the Colonies. ..."
2. Governments and Parties in Continental Europe by Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1896)
"... but rather aggravates it, because the cabinet depends for its tenure of ofiice
on the votes of the deputies, who are in league with the local cliques. ..."
3. Turkistan: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja by Eugene Schuyler (1876)
"... Club—Ming Uruk—Society—The Governor-General's State—• Rigid etiquette at his
balls—Bad tone—cliques—Ignorance of the country displayed by officials—The ..."
4. Gang Suppression & Intervention: An Assessment by Irving A. Spergel (1993)
"cliques and Gang Size The small clique is the basic building block of the gang.
... Downes (1966), a British researcher, observed that small cliques were ..."
5. Selections from the Works of the Late Sylvester Genin, Esq.: ... in Poetry by Sylvester Genin (1855)
"ON cliques. A CLIQUE is a combination of a few to control the many, for good or
for evil. cliques abound in American society, probably on account of the ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"... formed an alliance with the Republican party, and Under the banner of liberalism
and Opposition to rings and cliques, he has inaugurated the nm-i ; i, ..."
7. Pictures from the Balkans by John Foster Fraser (1906)
"... Governments —Dealing with Irregular Elections—Democratic Appearance of the
Members—A Congeries of cliques—The Pay of Members and Ministers—The Leader of ..."
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