Cartel
noun
A group of businesses or countries that work together to control the price and availability of a product.
The oil cartel has decided to increase the price of petrol.
Often appears as...
- oil cartel
- drug cartel
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Technical
noun
An alliance of political or special interest groups with a common cause.
The government accused the rebel cartel of causing the unrest.
Often appears as...
- political cartel
- rebel cartel
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
A written agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners between two sides during a war.
A cartel was signed between the two nations for a prisoner exchange.
Often appears as...
- cartel agreement
- sign a cartel
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Historical
noun
A group of businesses or countries that work together to control the price and availability of a product.
The oil cartel has decided to increase the price of petrol.
Often appears as...
- oil cartel
- drug cartel
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Technical
noun
An alliance of political or special interest groups with a common cause.
The government accused the rebel cartel of causing the unrest.
Often appears as...
- political cartel
- rebel cartel
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
A written agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners between two sides during a war.
A cartel was signed between the two nations for a prisoner exchange.
Often appears as...
- cartel agreement
- sign a cartel
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Historical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Price Manipulation
Cartels often illegally control prices, limiting competition.
The electronics cartel was fined for fixing prices.
Pro Tip 2/2Secret Agreements
Cartels may operate in secret to avoid legal repercussions.
Companies in the cartel secretly agreed to not sell below a certain price.
Pro Tip 1/2Price Manipulation
Cartels often illegally control prices, limiting competition.
The electronics cartel was fined for fixing prices.
Pro Tip 2/2Secret Agreements
Cartels may operate in secret to avoid legal repercussions.
Companies in the cartel secretly agreed to not sell below a certain price.
Pro Tip 1/2Price Manipulation
Cartels often illegally control prices, limiting competition.
The electronics cartel was fined for fixing prices.
Pro Tip 2/2Secret Agreements
Cartels may operate in secret to avoid legal repercussions.
Companies in the cartel secretly agreed to not sell below a certain price.
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Demystifying the other...
of business centered a lot on violence and fear in order to get the job done he was not afraid of being aggressive and taking out whoever he needed to to make sure that his cocaine was going to go where it needed to go his rival on the other hand the Cali cartel kept a much lower profile they were a group of
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How the Panama Papers...
the most famous soccer player in the world. And there were some unintended consequences. These alleged members of a Mexican drug cartel were arrested after we published details about their hideout. They'd been using the address to register their offshore company.
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The deadly genius of...
in the markets where it is consumed. And the only way to do this, because it's illegal, is to have absolute control of the geographic corridors that are used to transport drugs. Hence the violence. If you look at a map of cartel influence and violence,
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Money for the Cartels PIPE...
used by the traffickers of course is you he's being paid by the cartel nearly half of Mexico's residents live below the poverty line the equivalent of a couple of hundred dollars can feed a family for a month some smuggled drugs and cash for the
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Smugglers' Tunnel PIPE...
this or dis runs all the way into the building to the because said it was an air conditioning unit it'll pump in a nice cool air building these passages is an expensive gamble costing up to millions of dollars but the cartels have
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The new age of corporate...
that they couldn't form their own little cartel in the black box they're working in? Together with regulation, competition rules can do that. They can help us to make sure that new technology treats people fairly
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Governments don't...
took action, not in cyber attacks, but threatening information to be free. On social media, they said, "We will release information that ties prosecutors and governors to corrupt drug deals with the cartel."
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A Navy Admiral's...
is a photograph and I wish I could tell you that this is a very high-tech piece of US Navy gear that we're using to stop the trafficking the bad news is this is a semi submersible run by drug cartels
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Pablo Escobar's Hippos PIPE...
it's a ruin but this was once the fortress and personal playground of one of the world's most famous criminals Pablo Escobar ruler to the medellin drug cartel escobar used his ill-gotten wealth to
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How Do Cartels Get Their...
CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
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Demystifying the other...
of business centered a lot on violence and fear in order to get the job done he was not afraid of being aggressive and taking out whoever he needed to to make sure that his cocaine was going to go where it needed to go his rival on the other hand the Cali cartel kept a much lower profile they were a group of
Video examples
How the Panama Papers...
the most famous soccer player in the world. And there were some unintended consequences. These alleged members of a Mexican drug cartel were arrested after we published details about their hideout. They'd been using the address to register their offshore company.
Video examples
The deadly genius of...
in the markets where it is consumed. And the only way to do this, because it's illegal, is to have absolute control of the geographic corridors that are used to transport drugs. Hence the violence. If you look at a map of cartel influence and violence,
Video examples
Money for the Cartels PIPE...
used by the traffickers of course is you he's being paid by the cartel nearly half of Mexico's residents live below the poverty line the equivalent of a couple of hundred dollars can feed a family for a month some smuggled drugs and cash for the
Video examples
Smugglers' Tunnel PIPE...
this or dis runs all the way into the building to the because said it was an air conditioning unit it'll pump in a nice cool air building these passages is an expensive gamble costing up to millions of dollars but the cartels have
Video examples
The new age of corporate...
that they couldn't form their own little cartel in the black box they're working in? Together with regulation, competition rules can do that. They can help us to make sure that new technology treats people fairly
Video examples
Governments don't...
took action, not in cyber attacks, but threatening information to be free. On social media, they said, "We will release information that ties prosecutors and governors to corrupt drug deals with the cartel."
Video examples
A Navy Admiral's...
is a photograph and I wish I could tell you that this is a very high-tech piece of US Navy gear that we're using to stop the trafficking the bad news is this is a semi submersible run by drug cartels
Video examples
Pablo Escobar's Hippos PIPE...
it's a ruin but this was once the fortress and personal playground of one of the world's most famous criminals Pablo Escobar ruler to the medellin drug cartel escobar used his ill-gotten wealth to
Video examples
How Do Cartels Get Their...
CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
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Luis Videgaray Caso
Mexican Politician
We always think about illegal stuff moving through the border south to north, but people forget that most guns - and we're not talking small guns, we're talking heavy weapons - they get to the cartels and create literally small armies out of the cartels.
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Steve Hilton
British Businessman
Trump makes really, really powerful arguments, for example in relation to healthcare. He talks about the cartels and the concentration of power and the health insurance companies effectively having monopolies and ripping people off.
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Ed Markey
American Politician
People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.
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Margrethe Vestager
Danish Politician
You have to teach your algorithm what it can do and what it cannot do because, otherwise, there is a risk that the algorithms will learn the tricks of the old cartels.
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Pete Hamill
American Journalist
For years, the defenders of television have argued that the networks are only giving the people what they want. That might be true. But so is the Medellin cartel.
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Bidzina Ivanishvili
Georgian Businessman
The economy is governed through cartel agreements and monopoly. The attorney general is the one who's controlling funds. There is no free business in Georgia.
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Susana Martinez
American Politician
As a border prosecutor, I've put criminals behind bars who worked for some of the most violent cartels in the world.
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Vicente Fox
Mexican Statesman
The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.
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Matthew Heineman
Algerian Director
When you are part of a cartel, you don't have a Costco card that says, 'I'm a card-carrying member of the cartel.
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Frederick W. Smith
American Businessman
There is no free market for oil. It's controlled by a cartel, OPEC.
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Luis Videgaray Caso
Mexican Politician
We always think about illegal stuff moving through the border south to north, but people forget that most guns - and we're not talking small guns, we're talking heavy weapons - they get to the cartels and create literally small armies out of the cartels.
Quote examples
Steve Hilton
British Businessman
Trump makes really, really powerful arguments, for example in relation to healthcare. He talks about the cartels and the concentration of power and the health insurance companies effectively having monopolies and ripping people off.
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Ed Markey
American Politician
People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.
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Margrethe Vestager
Danish Politician
You have to teach your algorithm what it can do and what it cannot do because, otherwise, there is a risk that the algorithms will learn the tricks of the old cartels.
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Pete Hamill
American Journalist
For years, the defenders of television have argued that the networks are only giving the people what they want. That might be true. But so is the Medellin cartel.
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Bidzina Ivanishvili
Georgian Businessman
The economy is governed through cartel agreements and monopoly. The attorney general is the one who's controlling funds. There is no free business in Georgia.
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Susana Martinez
American Politician
As a border prosecutor, I've put criminals behind bars who worked for some of the most violent cartels in the world.
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Vicente Fox
Mexican Statesman
The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.
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Matthew Heineman
Algerian Director
When you are part of a cartel, you don't have a Costco card that says, 'I'm a card-carrying member of the cartel.
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Frederick W. Smith
American Businessman
There is no free market for oil. It's controlled by a cartel, OPEC.
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