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.
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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. — brauchinet
This sweet little old lady turned out to be the head of a crime syndicate.
ruЭта бабушка-божий одуванчик оказалась лидером преступной группировки. — V_Zmoova
All power to the syndicates!
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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