Thesaurus results for CARTEL

cartel

noun

kär-ˈtel

as in syndicate

a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage a cartel of oil-producing nations that controls production and influences prices

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Recent Examples of cartel The group, considered an ally of the Juárez cartel, has been involved in extortion and kidnappings in Mexico and was linked to the 2010 massacre of 16 teenagers in Juárez, investigators said. —

Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024 With this powder, anyone can project an image of enviable glamour on social media, and take an affordable trip to another planet, if only for a couple hours — at least, that’s the image cartels are projecting. —

Celia Ford, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024 The cartel was here in the '80s when I was trafficked. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 Arizona state troopers have reported an increasing trend of cartels using social media to recruit teens and young adults for smuggling operations. —

Jason Wolf, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cartel