syndicate
/ˈsɪndɪkət/ noun C2- A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group. · a gambling syndicate
- A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
- A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization.
- The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.
Plural syndicates
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Then these are your instructions, and I beg, my dear Watson, that you will obey them to the letter, for you are now playing a double-handed game with me against the cleverest rogue and the most powerful syndicate of criminals in Europe.
Horace Harker, of the Central Press Syndicate.
Horace Harker and the subscribers of the Central Press Syndicate.
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