syndicate (noun)
41column — noun 1 tall stone post ADJECTIVE ▪ huge, tall ▪ fluted ▪ colonnades of fluted Doric columns ▪ classical ▪ concrete …
42corporate trust — noun a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly • Syn: ↑trust, ↑combine, ↑cartel •… …
43enforcer — noun Date: 1580 1. one that enforces 2. a. a violent criminal employed by a crime syndicate; especially hit man 1 b. player (as in ice hockey) known for rough play and fighting …
44hit man — noun Date: 1963 1. a professional assassin who works for a crime syndicate 2. hatchet man …
45underboss — noun Date: 1942 a boss ranking next below the head of a branch of a crime syndicate …
46syndication — noun see syndicate II …
47syndicator — noun see syndicate II …
48Mafia — noun a) An international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States. Somehow he managed to piss off the Russian Mafia. b) Any organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high level organized… …
49Mr Big — noun The head of a crime syndicate, a high ranking criminal. An underworld Mr Big who built up a ruthless crime empire in Greater Manchester was jailed indefinitely yesterday. (Lancashire News 5th Jan 07) …
50blind pool — noun Collective investment (such as a company or syndicate) where the investors have little or no idea what is being done. A Manhattan based lawyer who is an expert in blind pool stock issuesthose with a prospectus that says we dont know what… …
