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as in Mafia
a group involved in secret or criminal activities a syndicate of counterfeiters

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as in cartel
a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage a powerful banking syndicate that controls loans in the small country

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verb

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Recent Examples of syndicate
Noun
Organized crime syndicates are increasingly operating at least with the tolerance of their host regime, if not the active backing of a nation-state. Steve Durbin, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, particularly from China, destabilizing law enforcement across much of Asia. Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
In 1989, DuMont struck a deal to syndicate the show nationally and started videotaping the show for air as well. Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025 Dan’s column is what has kept the Sun subscription going in my home, making the paper seem a little less distant and syndicated. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for syndicate 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syndicate
Noun
  • The racing team is building its brand portfolio by also teaming with Built for Athletes, Pedal Mafia, Abercrombie & Fitch, SunGod, Coachbuilt Whisky, HalfScale Cars and Lego.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The last 12 months have been full of firsts for the De la Rosa brothers, better known as the musical trio Latin Mafia.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The oil cartel, which is slated to meet on Monday, has yet to respond to Trump’s request.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Inside, Captain Spencer antagonizes the cartel members at gunpoint, demanding to know where his son is.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Signs of the labor market weakening more than expected contributed to that decision at the time, but those fears have since faded.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
  • These models contributed to wishful thinking that labor markets would adjust pretty easily to the trade shocks and that the workers harmed by trade would easily move to new sectors or places as the economy grew and changed.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Ten migrants, members of a Venezuelan gang, are now being housed at Guantanamo in a part of the prison that previously held members of al Qaeda.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Police said the attacker was not known to them, he was not connected to any gangs and he was not believed to be acting based on ideological motives.
    Sarah Dean, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The entertainment conglomerate’s net income jumped nearly 23% to $2.64 billion from $2.15 billion during the same quarter last year, while revenue rose 4.8% from a year earlier.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The North Carolina company, one of the few U.S. conglomerates still in existence, expects to complete the spin-off of its automation and aerospace technologies businesses in late 2026.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The film is written, directed, produced, shot and edited by Das.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.
    TIME, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The start of filming for the show comes three years after season two premiered on HBO and is more or less in line with the cable network’s pledge last summer that filming would begin in January.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The network kicked off the game by nodding to recent violence in New Orleans and the wildfires around Los Angeles.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • How to tell when your Igloo cooler was manufactured To determine when your cooler was made, look at the bottom of your cooler.
    Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
  • This road map emphasizes ramping up manufacturing and increasing the pace at which the company launches its rockets.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025

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“Syndicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syndicate. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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