syndicate (noun)

  • 31syndicated — syndicate syn‧di‧cate 2 [ˈsɪndkeɪt] verb [transitive] 1. FINANCE if a company, especially a bank or insurance company, syndicates a loan, debt etc, it provides the loan, debt etc with a group of other companies: syndicate something to • Some of… …

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  • 32Maffia — noun 1. a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia • Syn: ↑Mafia, ↑Cosa Nostra • Members of this Topic: ↑omerta • Hypernyms: ↑syndicate, ↑crim …

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  • 33crime — noun 1 illegal act ADJECTIVE ▪ appalling (esp. BrE), awful, bloody, brutal, despicable, dreadful (esp. BrE), grave, great, heinous, horr …

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  • 34syndication — noun 1. organizing into or administering as a syndicate • Derivationally related forms: ↑syndicate • Hypernyms: ↑organization, ↑organisation 2. selling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time he… …

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  • 35organized crime — noun underworld organizations • Syn: ↑gangland, ↑gangdom • Derivationally related forms: ↑gang (for: ↑gangdom) • Hypernyms: ↑social group …

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  • 36gangdom — noun underworld organizations • Syn: ↑organized crime, ↑gangland • Derivationally related forms: ↑gang • Hypernyms: ↑social group • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 37gangland — noun underworld organizations • Syn: ↑organized crime, ↑gangdom • Derivationally related forms: ↑gang (for: ↑gangdom) • Hypernyms: ↑social group …

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  • 38syndicator — noun a businessman who forms a syndicate • Derivationally related forms: ↑syndicate • Hypernyms: ↑businessman, ↑man of affairs …

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  • 39hit man — noun a professional killer who uses a gun • Syn: ↑gunman, ↑gunslinger, ↑hired gun, ↑gun, ↑gun for hire, ↑triggerman, ↑hitman, ↑torpedo, ↑shooter …

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  • 40main man — noun 1. : best male friend 2. : a man whose character or work is most admired 3. : most significant or important person he was indisputably college basketball s main man Corry Kirkpatrick also : chief 2 the Chicago syndicate s …

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