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单词 cartel
释义
cartelcar‧tel /kɑːˈtel $ kɑːr-/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcartel
Origin:
1500-1600 French ‘document’, from Old Italian cartello, from carta; CARD1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a drug cartel
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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.
  • Prosecutors said the cartel wanted to increase its presence in Baja California, which is dominated by the Arellano F lix cartel.
  • Santacruz was arrested in a Bogota restaurant in July, one of six top leaders of the cartel arrested last summer.
  • The generally acknowledged leader of the cartel is Benjamin Arellano, who usually keeps a low profile.
  • These cartel prices were then rubber-stamped by the member state governments.
  • This sounds as if they are joining the cartel, but it will cut world production by only 1/2%.
  • We will introduce new legislation giving stronger powers to deal with cartels.
word sets
WORD SETS
associated company, nounboardroom, nounBros., cartel, nounchain, nounCo., collective, nouncom, concern, nounconglomerate, nouncontractor, nounco-op, nouncooperative, adjectivecooperative, nounCorp., corporate, adjectivecorporation, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectiveempire, nounenterprise, nounexecutive, adjectiveexpand, verbexpansion, nounfail, verbgiant, noungroup, nounInc., incorporated, adjectiveindie, nounindustrial espionage, nounin-house, adjectiveinside, adverbinterest, nounjoint-stock company, nounlimited company, nounLtd, Messrs, multinational, adjectivemultinational, nounnewspaper, nounoutsourcing, nounparent company, nounpayroll, nounplc, nounpractice, nounprofit and loss account, nounproprietary, adjectivepty, public company, nounpublic corporation, nounpublic limited company, nounreceivership, nounregistered office, nounshipper, nounsubsidiary, nounsupplier, nountakeover, nountop-heavy, adjective
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Harvey Weinig Convicted of laundering $ 19m for the Cali drug cartel.· But all that changed when the Cali cartel switched tactics and started relying more on ships and trucks to transport drugs.· Jose Santacruz Londono, the No. 3 man in the Cali cartel, fled prison last week.· Jose Santacruz Londono, 52, the number three man in the Cali cartel, escaped Thursday and remains at large.
NOUN
· If Paez is extradited to the United States, he could potentially be a source of important information on the drug cartel.· Harvey Weinig Convicted of laundering $ 19m for the Cali drug cartel.· The new law was widely interpreted as a concession to the Medellín drug cartel.
· Following their release the surrender of Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria was reported to be imminent.· There were other unsubstantiated reports, however, that Cali cartel leaders might also take advantage of the government's surrender offer.
· Through the oil cartels, the United States dealt some stinging slaps to its junior partners.· How best to ensure the policy of our little coconut oil cartel?
a group of people or companies who agree to sell something at a particular price in order to prevent competition and increase profitsmonopoly:  an illegal drug cartel
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