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cartel
[kahr-tel]
noun
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
Synonyms: , ,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.
cartel
/ ɑːˈɛ /
noun
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
cartel
An association in which producers of a similar or identical product try to obtain a monopoly over the sale of the product.
Other 51Թ Forms
- cartelism noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cartel1
Example Sentences
Colombian mercenaries are being lured to Mexico to fight for powerful drug trafficking groups such as the Jalisco New Generation cartel.
The mayor of the region's biggest city, Cali, said the city had returned to 1989, when it was blighted by the drugs trade and cartel violence.
Another reason people head north is to escape the violence wrought by cartels armed with American-made weapons, competing to serve the huge American appetite for drugs.
Their phones and passports were confiscated, and they were told they were now part of a cartel.
Still pending is a separate lawsuit by Mexico in U.S. federal court accusing five gun dealers in Arizona of trafficking weapons and ammunition to the cartels.
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