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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Some have said the film, which follows a Mexican drug cartel leader who fakes their death and undergoes a gender transition to become a woman named Emilia Pérez, who then starts a nonprofit to help identify bodies of people killed by drug cartels, trivializes the issue of drug cartel violence.
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Conor Murray, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Drug Cartels The largest drug cartels in the world have been linked to the illicit drugs coming into Russia, including Colombia's notorious Cali cartel.
—Jon Jackson, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
The classification enables the federal government to prosecute anyone seen as supporting the cartels on the charge of providing material support to terrorists.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Immigration Trump is expected to declare a national emergency at the U.S. southern border, designate criminal cartels as terror groups and end birthright citizenship for children born to immigrant parents without legal status, according to incoming officials from the Trump White House.
—Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
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Conor Murray, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Drug Cartels The largest drug cartels in the world have been linked to the illicit drugs coming into Russia, including Colombia's notorious Cali cartel.
—Jon Jackson, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
The classification enables the federal government to prosecute anyone seen as supporting the cartels on the charge of providing material support to terrorists.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Immigration Trump is expected to declare a national emergency at the U.S. southern border, designate criminal cartels as terror groups and end birthright citizenship for children born to immigrant parents without legal status, according to incoming officials from the Trump White House.
—Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Cartel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartel. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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