Syndicate

Noun

 * 1) A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
 * 2) A similar group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
 * 3) A chain of newspapers, or an agency that distributes features to multiple newspapers.

Synonyms

 * (roughly) &mdash; business partners

Verb

 * 1)  To become a syndicate.
 * 2)  To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
 * 3)  To release media content through a syndicate to be published or broadcast through multiple outlets.

Related terms

 * syndication

Verbs for Syndicate
appoint to—; combine in—; empower—; form—; head—; —adjourns; —contracts for; —controls; —directs; —disposes of; — dupes; —forces; —introduces; —manages; —meets ;  —promotes;   —purchases;   — pushes; —raises; —schemes; —transacts; —undertakes.

Thesaurus
Aktiengesellschaft, Black Hand, British Cabinet, Cosa Nostra, Mafia, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, add, advisory body, affiliate, aktiebolag, ally, amalgamate, assembly, assimilate, associate, association, bench, black market, blend, bloc, board, body corporate, body of advisers, bootlegging, borough council, brain trust, business, business establishment, cabinet, camarilla, cartel, chain, chamber, chamber of commerce, city council, coalesce, combine, come together, commercial enterprise, common council, compagnie, company, compound, comprise, concern, confederate, conference, conglomerate, conglomerate corporation, congress, connect, consolidate, consolidating company, consortium, consultative assembly, copartnership, corporate body, corporation, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, court, deliberative assembly, diet, directory, distribute, divan, diversified corporation, embody, encompass, enterprise, firm, flux, fuse, gambling, gangdom, gangland, gray market, group, holding company, house, illegal commerce, illegal operations, illegitimate business, illicit business, include, incorporate, industry, integrate, interblend, interfuse, join, joint-stock association, joint-stock company, junta, kitchen cabinet, league, legislature, loan-sharking, lump together, mafia, make one, meld, melt into one, merge, mix, monopoly, moonshining, narcotics traffic, operating company, organization, organized crime, parish council, partnership, plunderbund, pool, privy council, prostitution, protection racket, public utility, put together, racket, reembody, roll into one, serialize, shade into, shady dealings, solidify, soviet, staff, stock company, syncretize, syndication, synod, synthesize, the Mafia, the mob, the rackets, the syndicate, the underworld, trade association, traffic in women, tribunal, trust, unify, union, unite, usury, utility, white slavery

Etymology
From syndicat:, from  syndic:, from  syndicus:, from  σύνδικος:.

Anagrams

 * asyndetic