as in syndicate
a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage
a cartel of oil-producing nations that controls production and influences prices
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Recent Examples of cartel
In that conference, Patrick reaffirmed his opposition to cannabis legalization, accusing the state’s thousands of dispensaries of being fronts for drug cartels and terrorism.
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 June 2025
American prosecutors and intelligence assessments describe it not as a traditional cartel but as an informal alliance of Venezuelan military officials and politicians using state resources—airfields, diplomatic channels and naval facilities—to facilitate large-scale cocaine trafficking.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
The Trump administration has sought to turn up the pressure on CJNG and other cartels with the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation, which gives authorities new tools to prosecute those associated with cartels.
—CBS News, 20 June 2025
The Chiapas-Guatemala cartel that was allegedly involved in the confrontation is reportedly aligned with Mexico’s ultra-violent Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, or CJNG.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 June 2025
American prosecutors and intelligence assessments describe it not as a traditional cartel but as an informal alliance of Venezuelan military officials and politicians using state resources—airfields, diplomatic channels and naval facilities—to facilitate large-scale cocaine trafficking.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
The Trump administration has sought to turn up the pressure on CJNG and other cartels with the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation, which gives authorities new tools to prosecute those associated with cartels.
—CBS News, 20 June 2025
The Chiapas-Guatemala cartel that was allegedly involved in the confrontation is reportedly aligned with Mexico’s ultra-violent Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, or CJNG.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartel
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Struggling Gatekeepers: In the face of some $44 billion a year in pig-butchering scams conducted by Asian crime syndicates, U.S. banks have failed to prevent mass scale money laundering.—
Cezary Podkul,
ProPublica,
25 June 2025
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Thailand earlier this year implemented measures to crack down on online scam operations in neighboring Myanmar, severing electricity, internet and gas supplies to border towns where the syndicates were based.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 June 2025
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From a distillery founded by the grandfather of Jaime Zobel de Ayala in 1834, Ayala Corp., the oldest Philippine conglomerate, has expanded into banking, real estate, healthcare, schools, telecommunications and energy.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Charter had previously dropped the outlets in 2023 after complaining that Disney and other traditional media conglomerates were putting most of their content dollars into new streaming services, leaving customers paying for networks with less original fare.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 June 2025
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“Cartel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartel. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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