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cartel
[ kahr-tel ]
noun
- an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
Synonyms: , ,
- a coalition of political or special-interest groups having a common cause, as to encourage the passage of a certain law.
- a written agreement between belligerents, especially for the exchange of prisoners.
- a written challenge to a duel.
cartel
/ ɑːˈɛ /
noun
- Also calledtrust a collusive international association of independent enterprises formed to monopolize production and distribution of a product or service, control prices, etc
- politics an alliance of parties or interests to further common aims
cartel
- An association in which producers of a similar or identical product try to obtain a monopoly over the sale of the product.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٱi noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cartel1
Example Sentences
"To find out how she picked her son up in nothing but a bag of bones from one of the cartels was devastating."
Mexico almost certainly understands that Trump is readying a military incursion of some kind, ostensibly to "take out" the drug cartels.
The Trump administration has designated six Mexican cartels, including the Jalisco gang, as foreign terrorist organizations.
Narcocorridos, songs praising drug cartel leaders, are not uncommon in Mexico.
The 34-year-old from Nuneaton experienced what it was like to be under the watch of the cartel in Colombia, visited a prison rife with gangs in the Philippines, and observed illegal poaching in South Africa.
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