cartel

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car·tel /kɑːˈtel $ kɑːr-/ noun [countableC]

PEa group of people or companies who agree to sell something at a particular price in order to prevent competition and increase profits 卡特尔，同业联盟〔一伙人或多家公司为限制竞争和增加利润而结成的固定价格联盟〕 → monopoly

an illegal drug cartel

非法贩毒集团

Examples from the Corpus

cartel• a drug cartel• Many of its narcotics agents may well be assisting the drug cartels and their hit squads.• Oddly, consuming countries are also members of the International Coffee Organisation, which policed the old cartel.• This sounds as if they are joining the cartel, but it will cut world production by only 1/2%.• The generally acknowledged leader of the cartel is Benjamin Arellano, who usually keeps a low profile.• Santacruz was arrested in a Bogota restaurant in July, one of six top leaders of the cartel arrested last summer.• Prosecutors said the cartel wanted to increase its presence in Baja California, which is dominated by the Arellano F lix cartel.• These cartel prices were then rubber-stamped by the member state governments.• We will introduce new legislation giving stronger powers to deal with cartels.

From Longman Business Dictionary

cartelcar·tel /kɑːˈtelkɑːr-/ noun [countableC]ORGANIZATIONS

a group of companies who agree to set the price of something they produce at a fixed level in order to limit competition and increase their own profits

The oil cartel, OPEC, had just had its first major success in forcing up oil prices.

a cartel of coffee producers

Origin cartel

(1500-1600) French “document”, from Old Italian cartello, from carta; → CARD1

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