I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crime syndicate American English (= an organization of criminals )
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Women found themselves trapped by crime syndicates into prostitution.
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■ ADJECTIVE
criminal
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The longstanding allegation of police complicity in the activities of Airin's criminal syndicates made the arrest particularly sensitive.
■ NOUN
crime
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With the breakdown of the administration, crime syndicates have come up in a big way.
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The property claim signals prosecutors' intention to dismantle what they consider an organized crime syndicate .
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The region is prey to drug and crime syndicates , and a cynical political class that accepts corruption as normal.
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It is said that some crime syndicates have collected so many paintings that they have set up their own galleries.
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By the time they reached their 20s, they ran a drugs and crime syndicate .
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The syndicates see these women as easy candidates to force into the sex trade.
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After the syndicate earned back the $ 25, 000, the brothers and the syndicate would share equally in the proceeds.
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Especially because they usually split the take with the syndicates who sell and service their output.
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She was the publicist for a syndicate of galleries in Soho, an impresario of special events.
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The debt will be funded through a syndicate of New Zealand and overseas financial institutions.
II. verb
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Producers claim they have to sell their programs to the networks, then syndicate them to make a profit.