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syndicate

[ noun sin-di-kit; verb sin-di-keyt ]

noun

  1. a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations:

    The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.

  2. a combination of bankers or capitalists formed for the purpose of carrying out some project requiring large resources of capital, as the underwriting of an issue of stock or bonds.
  3. Journalism.
    1. an agency that buys articles, stories, columns, photographs, comic strips, or other features and distributes them for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals. Compare boilerplate ( def 2a ).
    2. a business organization owning and operating a number of newspapers; newspaper chain.
  4. a group, combination, or association of gangsters controlling organized crime or one type of crime, especially in one region of the country.
  5. a council or body of syndics.
  6. a local organization of employers or employees in Italy during the Fascist regime.


verb (used with object)

syndicated, syndicating.
  1. to combine into a syndicate.
  2. to publish simultaneously, or supply for simultaneous publication, in a number of newspapers or other periodicals:

    Her column is syndicated in 120 papers.

  3. Television. to sell (a program, series, etc.) directly to independent stations.
  4. to sell shares in or offer participation in the financial sharing of (a risk venture, loan, or the like):

    to syndicate a racehorse among speculators;

    to syndicate a loan among several banks.

verb (used without object)

syndicated, syndicating.
  1. to combine to form a syndicate.

syndicate

noun

  1. an association of business enterprises or individuals organized to undertake a joint project requiring considerable capital
  2. a news agency that sells articles, photographs, etc, to a number of newspapers for simultaneous publication
  3. any association formed to carry out an enterprise or enterprises of common interest to its members
  4. a board of syndics or the office of syndic
  5. (in Italy under the Fascists) a local organization of employers or employees
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to sell (articles, photographs, etc) to several newspapers for simultaneous publication
  2. tr to sell (a programme or programmes) to several local commercial television or radio stations
  3. to form a syndicate of (people)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԻ徱ˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·徱··· adjective
  • ·徱··پDz [sin-di-, key, -sh, uh, n] noun
  • ܲ··徱·ٱ noun
  • ···徱·ٱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of syndicate1

First recorded in 1600–10; from Middle French syndicat “office of syndic, board of syndics,” from Medieval Latin Ի徱ٳܲ, equivalent to syndic + -ate 3( def )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of syndicate1

C17: from Old French syndicat office of a syndic
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But given how influential the syndicates have become, there are concerns that leaks within the security forces and government institutions are allowing criminals to evade capture, according to Mr de la Paz.

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The western state, famed for tequila, mariachi music and Mexican rodeos, or charreadas, is also home to one of Mexico’s most powerful crime syndicates, the Jalisco New Generation cartel.

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The syndicated show does not air live and runs at different times all over the country.

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Every day on his nationally syndicated radio show and on ESPN’s “First Take,” Smith offers a master class in storytelling, debating, reporting and entertainment.

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A prison-based syndicate of about 140 senior Latino gang members, the Mexican Mafia designates inmates to oversee drug and extortion schemes in specific jails or modules.

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