cartel
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
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.
Origin of cartel
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Other words from cartel
- car·tel·ism, noun
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How to use cartel in a sentence
Fork over a few board seats to this union, or negotiate with that cartel of suppliers—and you’re good to go.
FTC commissioner: Is antitrust the next stakeholder capitalism battleground? | jakemeth | September 26, 2020 | FortuneNor has it diminished the power or ruthlessness of the cartels.
U.S. policies created the border and drug crises—and can end them | jakemeth | September 24, 2020 | FortuneDrug cartels and street gangs have supplanted the government in some regions.
U.S. policies created the border and drug crises—and can end them | jakemeth | September 24, 2020 | FortuneWithin hours, she had been sent back even though she says she fears persecution from drug cartels there.
ICE Deported a Woman Who Accused Guards of Sexual Assault While the Feds Were Still Investigating the Incident | by Lomi Kriel | September 15, 2020 | ProPublicaThe number of girls living in the building would change as the girls gave birth and were sent away, and new girls were brought in to produce more children for the cartel.
Heartbreaking Story Of Two Survivors Of Nigeria’s ‘Baby Factories’ | D. N. | May 6, 2020 | No Straight News
How do you feel about Archer and the gang abandoning the cartel and returning to the office?
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS | Marlow Stern | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTDid he go to the authorities to file a report against the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel?
“The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro | Bill Conroy | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the meantime, there is talk that with El Chapo in prison the Sinaloa cartel has a new leader.
The notorious Sinaloa cartel boss is trying to use Mexican law to get himself out of jail—and it just might work.
You do not pretend to have made any attempt, except by the way of the cartel, the John Adams.
Their remains were shortly afterwards removed in a cartel to the United States.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves | W.H.G. KingstonAnd early on the following morning they were put on the Alert, and that vessel was sent to St. Johns as a cartel.
The Cruise of the "Lively Bee" | John De MorganA cartel went forward August 22, 1782, and in the list of prisoners sent south appears the name "Sarah Coal."
If no general cartel has been concluded, it can not be demanded by either of them.
International Law | George Grafton Wilson and George Fox Tucker
British Dictionary definitions for cartel
/ (kɑːˈtɛl) /
Also called: trust 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
Origin of cartel
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for cartel
[ (kahr-tel) ]
An association in which producers of a similar or identical product try to obtain a monopoly over the sale of the product.
Notes for cartel
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