cartel's
Illegal monopoly's possessive
Cartel's is the possessive form of cartel, an organization of independent businesses that coordinate to control prices, production, or markets.
A cartel's members agree to limit competition among themselves.
The term applies both to legal commodity groups like OPEC and to criminal organizations: The cartel's territory extended across three states.
One seller, no substitutes
- price-fixingCoordinated artificial cost-setting
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- membersPeople in an organization
- agreementShared position between parties
market · control · antitrust · oligopoly · commodity · quota · regulation · violation
Active chemical compound
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- sicarioHired killer, Latin American
plaza · territory · enforcement · violence · hitman · tunnels · laundering · extortion
Combined group pursuing shared interest
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- networkInterconnected system
- leaderOne who guides others
operation · member · structure · federation · alliance · consortium · association · conglomerate
monopoly
One seller, no substitutes
- price-fixingCoordinated artificial cost-setting
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- membersPeople in an organization
agreement · market · control · antitrust · oligopoly · commodity · quota · regulation · violation · competitors
drug
Active chemical compound
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
sicario · plaza · territory · enforcement · violence · hitman · tunnels · laundering · extortion · kidnapping
syndicate
Combined group pursuing shared interest
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- networkInterconnected system
leader · operation · member · structure · federation · alliance · consortium · association · conglomerate · enterprise