syndicate
A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to…A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
» Sami was involved in a drug syndicate.
Meaning
4 sensesA group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
a gambling syndicate
Syndikat
синдика́тsindikát
синдика́тsyndykát
A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
Syndikat
синдика́тsindikát
синдика́тsyndykát
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization.
a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication
The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.
Examples
5 sentencesSami was involved in a drug syndicate.
Boris was the leader of a local mafia syndicate.
The prize was divided equally among the ten syndicate members.
deDer Preis wurde zu gleichen Teilen unter den zehn Verbandsmitgliedern aufgeteilt.
This sweet little old lady turned out to be the head of a crime syndicate.
ruЭта бабушка-божий одуванчик оказалась лидером преступной группировки.
All power to the syndicates!
Translations
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Origin
Anglicized from French syndicat (“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”) on tAnglicized from French syndicat (“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”) on the basis of -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group formed of people of this same office), equivalent to syndic (“syndic; representative; (especially) chief magistrate of Geneva”) + -at (“-ate”, forms nouns denoting rank or office), from Medieval Latin *syndicātus, from syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town; syndic”) (from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate for a defendant”), from σύν (sún, “beside; with”) + δίκη (díkē, “judgment; justice”)) + -ātus (“-ate”). By surface analysis, syndic + -ate.
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Forms
plural: syndicates| Singular | syndicate |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities:crime syndicatemobfamily
- an association of companies for some definite purpose:consortiumpool