clique
Pronunciation:
/kliːk//kliːk/noun
Definitions
A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
Example: This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.
A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
Example: The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
verb
Definitions
To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.