inner circle Definition

coterie, clique, camp, ingroup, pack, confidant, entourage, confidante, cabal, praetorian guard, retinue, consigliere, clan, elite, princeling, secretive, fiefdom, confide, loyal, privy, influential, circle, triumvirate, unelected, faction, loyalists, cronies, aides, lieutenants, associates, advisers, sycophants, acolytes, bodyguards, appointees, protege, minions, insiders, underlings, intimates, henchmen, flunkies, cabinet, subordinates, courtiers, allies, cohorts, disloyal, hierarchy, flatterers, apparat, machinations, sycophantic, trusted, regime, handpicked, posse, advisors, family, machiavellian, shadow cabinet, autocratic, followers, omnipotent, echelons, meddler, deposed, viscounts, alienated, irangate, friends, influence peddler, whom, factotums, sanctum, loose cannon, backstairs, heir apparent, admirers, assassinate, megalomanic, nomenklatura, micromanager, ingratiated, nepotistic, mistrusted, aloof, persona grata, spinmeister, diplomatic corps, whispering, eccentricities, blabby, placeman, pals, roman curia, acquaintances, distrusted, mukhabarat, aristocracy,