syndicates 1 of 2

noun

plural of syndicate
1
as in gangs
a group involved in secret or criminal activities a syndicate of counterfeiters

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as in cartels
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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syndicates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of syndicate
as in contributes

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Recent Examples of syndicates
Noun
Complex investigations to dismantle drug trafficking syndicates can require advanced equipment, Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokesperson for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, wrote in a statement. — Aneri Pattani — Kff Health News, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026 Informal mining is a deep problem in South Africa and is connected to criminal syndicates, according to authorities. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 DraftKing's internal data estimates 80% to 90% of prediction market consumer volume comes from betting syndicates and institutional traders, Robins said during the call. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 Criminal syndicates operating throughout Asia use cryptocurrency to facilitate massive online fraud operations targeting victims around the world. — Mitchell Silber, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026 His eventual involvement in an industry—created by smugglers and international crime syndicates, and in which big American zoos are also complicit—started with a single turtle. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026 Rather than working in large criminal syndicates as many Westerners assume, Yahoo Boys typically work alone, asking victims for money – most often in the form of gift cards. — Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026 Lucky Number Slevin, a movie about mistaken identity, rival crime syndicates, and assassins, was, for some reason (Josh Hartnett), one of the comfort movies of my childhood. — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 1 July 2026 Alongside that, South Africa’s police force has been embroiled in scandal, accused of corruption and collusion with criminal syndicates. — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syndicates
  1. gangs
  2. cartels
  3. contributes
  4. networks
  5. conglomerates
  6. edits
  7. conspiracies
  8. manufactures
Noun
  • Mexico Government Smuggling gasoline and diesel from the United States into Mexico and reselling it tax-free is a huge money-maker for organized crime gangs, including drug cartels.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Police spokesperson Garry Desrosiers took only a handful of questions from journalists at a news conference Thursday, just days after gangs attacked Kenscoff, a once-peaceful farming community nestled in the hills near Port-au-Prince.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of gangs
Noun
  • In parts of Mexico farther from the US border, cartels have used drones to drop explosives in deadly attacks.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Mexico Government Smuggling gasoline and diesel from the United States into Mexico and reselling it tax-free is a huge money-maker for organized crime gangs, including drug cartels.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cartels
Verb
  • This contributes to a total of 180 stores across the country that the German grocer plans on opening this year.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Nigeria, which contributes the most to MTN’s subscriber base and revenues, is a particularly competitive arena, with more than 400 licensed digital money lenders.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of contributes
Noun
  • Organizations aggregate enormous amounts of telemetry across endpoints, networks, identities, applications and cloud infrastructure.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Polls are often sponsored by television networks or news organizations, but conducted by universities or polling companies over which the FCC has no control.
    — Jeff Mason, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of networks
Noun
  • South Korea surged ahead on the strength of its giant conglomerates like Samsung, which integrates multiple stages of the supply chain.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • While licensing archives to outside sources is lucrative, Bell questions how important archive houses are to media conglomerates.
    — Addie Morfoot, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of conglomerates
Verb
  • Then cinematographers Evan Draper and Jazleana Jones along with Ullom, who also edits, take a steadier hand with evocative montages that emphasize the passage of time.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Quick edits in small blocks across the screen included one of Murphy’s right foot and shoe.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of edits
Noun
  • But like many aspects of 21st-century American life, the vaccines became a partisan point of debate as often false anti-vaccine conspiracies spread to millions of people.
    — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The result is a sprawling theory combining paranoid interpretations of current events with historical conspiracies.
    — Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of conspiracies
Verb
  • Flock Safety, the company that manufactures the cameras, is based out of Atlanta.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The plant in Garden Grove manufactures the canopy for the F-35 fighter jet.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
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“Syndicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syndicates. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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