Synonyms for cartel
kɑrˈtɛlcar·tel

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1. cartel

   All these words involve at least two parties, tho an engagement or promise may be the act of but one. A contract is a formal agreement between two or more parties for the doing or leaving undone some specified act or acts, and is ordinarily in writing. Mutual promises may have the force of a contract. A consideration, or compensation, is essential to convert an agreement into a contract. A contract may be oral or written. A covenant in law is a written contract under seal. Covenant is frequent in religious usage, as contract is in law and business. Compact is essentially the same as contract, but is applied to international agreements, treaties, etc. A bargain is a mutual agreement for an exchange of values, without the formality of a contract. A stipulation is a single item in an agreement or contract. A cartel is a military agreement for the exchange of prisoners or the like.

   Synonyms:
   agreement, arrangement, bargain, compact, contract, covenant, engagement, obligation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation

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1. trust, corporate trust, combine, cartelnoun

   a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

   "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"

   Synonyms:
   combining, corporate trust, trustfulness, trust, trustingness, faith, confidence, combine, reliance

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1. • Consortium

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1. List of paraphrases for "cartel":

   poster, cartels, banner, agreement

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1. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly:

   They have seen these bricks that are marked with the Mexican cartel's logo. They're very proud of their product. I've been to the border. I've seen what's going on there. They're lacing fentanyl to give the impression that it's an Adderall or it's whatever pill that somebody thinks they're buying on the black market, when in fact, it's a fake pill, and it's laced with fentanyl, we're seeing that in our heroin. Marijuana is being laced with fentanyl to give the smoker a better high. They're really playing … Russian Roulette because they just don't know when they're going to get that fatal dose.

2. Ted Cruz:

   It is an example of the Washington cartel, it's making politicians fat and happy, but it's picking a handful of favorite corporate winners and making the American people, the taxpayers and the consumers, the losers.

3. Mike Vigil:

   He received a Harvard-type education from some of the best cartel leaders.

4. Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson:

   You have a story of a typical American mom who was just abducted by what seemingly is a cartel-type of human trafficking operation, which is just not true, that disrupted a lot of things for a lot of people around here.

5. Sanjiv Shah:

   The decision by OPEC-members to keep oil production output at record high levels ... suggested that the organization was effectively abandoning its long-term strategy of limiting production and acting as a cartel, leading to more downward pressures on oil prices in the short term.