Cabal would be a false cognate, as the two words are not linguistically related in any way. Chaebol (재벌) is "chae-" (wealth) and "-bol" (clan). Zaibatsu (財閥) is

Cabal would be a false cognate, as the two words are not linguistically related in any way. Chaebol (재벌) is "chae-" (wealth) and "-bol" (clan). Zaibatsu (財閥) is "zai-" (financial) and "-batsu" (clique). Cabal is ultimately from the Hebrew "kabbalah" (קַבָּלָה‎‎), which has to do with receiving, and has come to be its own word related to mystic tradition.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabala