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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The designations prompted worries in Mexico about the U.S. military crossing the border to target the cartels, AP reported.
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
President Trump has, in the past, floated the idea of bombing Mexico's drug cartels in an effort to stop the flow of synthetic drugs.
—Eyder Peralta, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
The cartel members find a photo of Gabriela in his possession and, as punishment, torture her.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
But generating a sense of terror doesn’t make cartel members terrorists.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
President Trump has, in the past, floated the idea of bombing Mexico's drug cartels in an effort to stop the flow of synthetic drugs.
—Eyder Peralta, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
The cartel members find a photo of Gabriela in his possession and, as punishment, torture her.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
But generating a sense of terror doesn’t make cartel members terrorists.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Cartel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartel. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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