cartel

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The La Familia cartel is a violent drug trafficking cartel based in the state of Michoacán, in southwestern Mexico.

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  1. noun A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
  2. noun An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
  3. noun A group of parties, factions, or nations united in a common cause; a bloc.

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  • As the cartel is the first vessel which will arrive in America to carry the news, I hope I shall have the great satisfaction of hearing that I am the first who shall inform you of this great event; the particulars you will see nearly as soon as this. —  Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals
  • Another obstacle to the cartel was the capture of Lee, who had been taken prisoner in 1776; the congress insisted on his liberation, and, after much debating on both sides, he was at length exchanged for General Prescot. —  Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
  • Leyva is said to be the deputy leader of the Juarez cartel which is believed to be responsible for much of the violence that has left more than 8,000 dead in the drug wars over the past two years in Mexico.
  • He threatened to punch the ABC interviewer in the mouth when he asked him about charges that he had been laundering money for a Mexican drug cartel, although he did admit that the pesky government did find $3 million in drug money in his bank a few years ago. —  DownWithTyranny!
  • Once the 'winning' firm has been identified with the blessing of the cartel, the sham bidding begins. —  Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
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  1. German Kartell, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, placard, from Medieval Latin cartellus, charter, diminutive of Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card1.

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  1. from French cartel, from Italian cartello = Spanish Portuguese cartel, from Middle Latin cartellus, equivalent to chartula, diminutive of charta, carta, a paper, a writing: see card, chart, and charter.
  2. from cartel, n.
 

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