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syndicate

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  1. monopoly              
 
1. syn.di.cate \'sin-di-k*t\ n [F syndicat, fr. syndic] 1a: the office or 
   jurisdiction of a syndic  1b: a council or body of syndics  2: an 
   association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty o r 
   negotiate some business 3a: a group of persons or concerns who combine to 
   carry out a particular tr ansaction 3b: CARTEL  3c: a loose association of 
   racketeers in control of organized crime  4: a business concern that sells 
   materials for publication in a number of n ewspapers or periodicals 
   simultaneously 5: a group of newspapers under one management 
2. syn.di.cate \'sin-d*-.ka-t\ \.sin-d*-'ka--sh*n\ \'sin-d*-.ka-t-*r\ vt 1: 
   to subject to or manage as a syndicate  2: to sell (as a cartoon) to a 
   syndicate or for publication in many newspa pers or periodicals at once : 
   to unite to form a syndicate  - syn.di.ca.tion n