syn|di|cate

syn|di|cate
syn|di|cate «noun. SIHN duh kiht; verb. SIHN duh kayt», noun, verb, -cat|ed, -cat|ing.
–n.
1. a) a combination of persons or companies formed to carry out some commercial undertaking, especially one requiring a large capital investment, such as the underwriting of an issue of securities. b) a combination of persons formed for the promotion or continuation of any enterprise: »

a labor union syndicate.

2. an agency that sells special articles, photographs, comic strips, and news stories to a large number of newspapers or magazines for publication at the same time: »

This syndicate supplies stories to a hundred newspapers.

3. a council or body of syndics.
4. U.S. a group of criminals that organizes and controls criminal activities, such as gambling, prostitution, or traffic in narcotics: »

Crime reporters in America have [been] referring to organized crime simply as “the mob” or “the syndicate” (Canadian Saturday Night).

–v.t.
1. to combine into a syndicate.
2. to control or manage by a syndicate.
3. to publish through a syndicate: »

a syndicated newspaper columnist.

–v.i.
to unite in a syndicate.
╂[< French syndicat < Middle French syndic (see etym. under syndic (Cf. ↑syndic)) + -at -ate3]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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