cartel
A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry…A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
» The cartels took over the town.
Meaning
5 sensesA group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
oil cartel
drug cartel
Kartell
карте́льkartɛ́lʹ
(historical)A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
карте́льkartɛ́lʹ
(historical)A written letter of defiance or challenge.
карте́льkartɛ́lʹ
(historical)An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
карте́льkartɛ́lʹ
(historical)A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.
- a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
Examples
9 sentencesThe cartels took over the town.
Ziri is also from the cartel.
Ziri works for the local cartels.
Ziri was too busy worrying about some cartel ambush.
Mexico is experiencing unprecedented violence as drug cartels are battling over distribution routes.
ruМексика переживает беспрецедентный всплеск насилия, по мере того как наркокартели соперничают за маршруты распространения наркотиков.
Translations
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Origin
In the business sense, borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 iIn the business sense, borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 in the Reichstag. In the political sense, which was the vehicle for this metaphor, the English sense, like the German sense, was borrowed from French cartel in the sixteenth century, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta (“card, page”), from Latin charta.
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Forms
plural: cartelsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service:trustcorporate trustcombine