cartelize

American  

[kahr-tel-ahyz, kahr-tl-ahyz] / kɑrˈtɛl aɪz, ˈkɑr tlˌaɪz /

especially British, cartelise

verb (used with or without object)

cartelized, cartelizing

1. to organize into a business cartel.

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cartelize British  

/ ˈkɑːtəlaɪz /

verb

1. to form or be formed into a cartel

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Other Word Forms

• cartelization noun
• cartelizer noun
• decartelization noun
• decartelize verb (used with object)
• noncartelized adjective

Etymology

Origin of cartelize

First recorded in 1925–30; cartel + -ize

Example Sentences

He added that “permitting favored businesses to cartelize runs counter to U.S. antitrust norms and would disrupt an otherwise functioning market economy.”

From Reuters

“A move away from turf-based dealing may have reduced the ability to cartelize drug sales, dented profits, and dulled the allure of gang life. Simply put, as the turf lost its value, so did the turf war,” they wrote.

From Washington Times

His National Labor Relations Board, by undermining the power of independent franchisees, is working to cartelize the fast-food industry for the benefit of organized labor.

From The Wall Street Journal

It would be easiest for everyone who wants to get in on the money to cartelize and divvy up the proceeds, peacefully and without drama, in support of the common goal of getting super rich with the possible byproduct of Hillary Clinton winning the presidential election.

From Salon

Though the U.S. certainly should not cartelize its industry Japanese-style, Japan's success might stimulate some thinking in Washington as to whether the antitrust laws should be liberalized to promote the nation's competitiveness in world markets.

From Time Magazine Archive