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“Every institution the size of our agency has cliques,” he said.

They were one of the first cliques — or “sets” — of the Crips to spring up in the area, according to a 1992 Times article.

The allegations centered on the Banditos, said to be a clique of predominantly Latino deputies who sport tattoos of a skeleton with a sombrero, bandoleer and pistol.

Who knew that central to this year's show would be the pronunciation of the word clique?

In the New York Times, Jamelle Bouie observed, "We have a clique of powerful middle-aged men who want nothing more than to be boys," following "a selfish, petulant and narcissistic man-child" of a president.