na. | 1. gang up for selfish [private] interests; band together for selfish purposes; engage in factional activities in pursuit of personal gains; form a clique [cabal; coterie; party] for selfish [evil] purposes; form a coterie to pursue one's own selfish interests; knock together a clique to pursue one's own interests; set up [form] a clique for [to pursue] one's own selfish interests; set up a coterie in pursuit of selfish interests |
