syndicate
Organized criminal group
A syndicate is a group of individuals or organizations that join together for a common purpose, typically business or criminal.
News syndicates distribute content to multiple outlets; crime syndicates coordinate illegal operations across territories.
In finance, syndicates of banks share the risk of large loans.
To syndicate content is to sell it for publication across multiple platforms: The column is syndicated in over two hundred newspapers.
Criminal organization using intimidation
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- underworldRealm of the departed
- racketeeringConducting illegal business schemes
trafficking · smuggling · kingpin · drug lord · organized crime · gangster · mobster · hitman
Temporary alliance for action
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
association · bloc · cooperative · guild · union · partnership · affiliation · network
Cooperative group for ventures
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- holding companyBusiness owning other businesses
- investment groupCollective capital management entity
venture · merger · acquisition · partnership · joint venture · stakeholder · shareholder · portfolio
Transmitted media signal
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- networkInterconnected system
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- publicationIssued written material
radio · television · wire service · news agency · affiliate · programming · editorial · journalism
One who takes bets
- betting ringOrganized gambling operation
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- wageringRisking money on outcomes
- bookieOne who takes wagers
numbers racket · sports betting · illegal gambling · casino · lottery · pool · stakes · gaming
mafia
Criminal organization using intimidation
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- underworldRealm of the departed
racketeering · trafficking · smuggling · kingpin · drug lord · organized crime · gangster · mobster · hitman · money laundering
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
league · association · bloc · cooperative · guild · union · partnership · affiliation · network · collective
consortium
Cooperative group for ventures
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- holding companyBusiness owning other businesses
investment group · venture · merger · acquisition · partnership · joint venture · stakeholder · shareholder · portfolio · equity
broadcast
Transmitted media signal
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- networkInterconnected system
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
publication · radio · television · wire service · news agency · affiliate · programming · editorial · journalism · multimedia
bookmaker
One who takes bets
- betting ringOrganized gambling operation
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- wageringRisking money on outcomes
bookie · numbers racket · sports betting · illegal gambling · casino · lottery · pool · stakes · gaming
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- crimerobbery, accomplice, alibi, burglary, conspiracy
- lotterieslottery machine, ball machine, jackpot winner, lottery winner, lottery winners
- news medianews agency, newspaper, documentary, article, news photo
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
- affiliationsmember, affiliate, associate, subscriber, patron
syndicateindividual
One separate human being
sole proprietor · independent · solo practitioner · freelancer · loner
syndicateseparation
State of being apart
dissociation · dissolution · division · fragmentation · disintegration
- criminal syndicatesOrganized illegal business groups
- crime syndicatesOrganized criminal enterprises
- the syndicateOrganized criminal network
- syndicated showsPrograms licensed to multiple stations
- lottery syndicateGroup buying chances together
- betting syndicateOrganized group pooling wagers
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