syndicate 1 of 2

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as in Mafia
a group involved in secret or criminal activities a syndicate of counterfeiters

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as in cartel
a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage a powerful banking syndicate that controls loans in the small country

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Noun
The filing also details the company's financial agreements, including a credit agreement with a syndicate of financial institutions. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025 Trump is expected to implement a stricter immigration policy and crackdown on crime syndicates, cartels and gangs. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
They are structured and syndicated by banks to large groups of lenders, such as mutual funds and institutional investors. Michelle Fox, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025 On December 26, 1963, syndicated Hollywood columnist Erskine Johnson issued a stark notice in newspapers across the United States. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for syndicate 
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Noun
  • California For Subscribers The Mexican Mafia Tapes: Secret recordings reveal greed, betrayal — and a deal with the feds Sept. 4, 2024 Stinson had already been serving a life sentence for murdering a drug dealer in 1979.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • He’s also accidentally stolen a giant gemstone owned by a Sicilian Mafia bigwig, however, and needs to retrieve it from his liason’s safety deposit box in the building’s vault or else.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Gascón landed her nomination for her leading role in Jacques Audiard's musical thriller Emilia Pérez, which follows the titular former cartel leader (Gascón) who enlists the help of a hard-working lawyer (Zoe Saldaña) to assist her transition into a new phase of life in contemporary Mexico.
    EW.com, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Emilia Pérez, the musical about a Mexican cartel leader who fakes his death and undergoes a gender transition but cannot avoid the people in her former life, leads all nominees with 13 including Best Picture, the most by a non-English-language film in Oscar history.
    Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Tariffs, however, might have the biggest impact on the economy and financial institutions globally. — CNBC’s Sam Meredith, Ryan Ermey, Annie Nova, Rebecca Picciotto, Evelyn Cheng and Lim Hui Jie contributed to this report.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Eric Lipton and David Yaffe-Bellany contributed reporting.
    Bernhard Warner, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The situation has been largely caused by gang violence in the Caribbean country.
    Trisha Thomas, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Today, the economy is in ruins and gang violence and kidnappings are a staple of daily life in the capital.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The conglomerate led by the Hartono brothers took over Como in 2019 and are the richest owners in Serie A. Since last summer, Como have brought in 22 players (either on transfers, loan deals or as free agents) and spent €78m, according to Transfermarkt.
    Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • His father, Ho Rih Hwa, was a businessman who co-founded the Thai Wah Public Company and headed the Wah Chang Group, conglomerates with operations across Asia.
    Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.
    Helen L. Murphey / Made by History, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
  • This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Bloomberg News first reported on Tuesday that Apple, SpaceX and T-Mobile had been secretively working to add support for the network in its latest iPhone software.
    Ojasvi Gupta and Shubham Kalia, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors You can now be swept up in Halina Reijn's steamy new film starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson from home as Babygirl makes its debut on digital platforms.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, the manufacturing hub of Canada, said a trade war is 100% coming.
    Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • From January 10 through 17, Ukraine struck 10 critical infrastructure sites with drones and missiles, including the Bryansk Chemical Plant, which produces gunpowder and ammunition, and manufactures parts for rockets and explosives.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025

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