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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How to use cartel in a sentence?

1. Benjamin LeBaron:

   They are isolated events, but these are the bad spirits of bad people wanting control ... there is an incredible evil here. I do not know what you call this. If they are using us to make a statement,I do not know who its for. One cartel towards another.

2. Bruce Bagley:

   El Chapo, despite El Chapo defense that El Chapo was just El Chapo, was reputed to be the innovative spirit behind the Sinaloa cartel, el Chapo is, in many ways, El Chapo.

3. Sanjiv Shah:

   The decision by OPEC-members to keep oil production output at record high levels ... suggested that the organisation 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.

4. Van Duyne:

   He's basically now given an invitation for gang members, for the drug cartel and for human traffickersto come on into our country ... That to me is very dangerous. And it's going to affect border states, specifically states like Texas.

5. Eduardo Balarezo:

   We just got Sinaloa Cartel and I think I'm on page 87, i haven't responded to Sinaloa Cartel yet. We're reviewing Sinaloa Cartel.