English-Swedish translations for clique

klickenNi, rådet, är inte ens beredda att neka denna klick inresevisum.You, the Council, are not even prepared to deny this clique entry visas. Det är inte som om vi var någon slags tvivelaktig klick som sysslade med att ödelägga företag.It is not as if we were some devious clique involved in destroying businesses. Social rättvisa kommer också att bidra mycket mer till den ekonomiska utvecklingen än orättvisa diktaturer som styrs av en liten klick på toppen.Social justice will also do much more to bring about economic development than the inequality of dictatorships ruled by a small clique at the top.
kotteriettNär en handfull europeiska ministrar för inrikes frågor tar beslut i ett kotteri behandlar de europeisk demokrati med förakt.When a handful of European interior ministers take decisions as a clique, they treat European democracy with contempt. Det högsta uttrycket för folkets vilja är en folkomröstning, inte ett beslut som fattats av ett kotteri av ledare i strid mot folkets vilja.The supreme expression of the will of the people is a referendum, not a decision taken by a ruling clique, contrary to the will of the people.

A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal
A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph
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

This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.
The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.

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