drug cartel
English Thesaurus
1. an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | cartel, combine, corporate trust, trust, |
| definition | : | a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service (noun.group) |
| instance hyponym | : | medellin cartel, |
| definition | : | a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed (noun.group) |
| instance hyponym | : | cali cartel, |
| definition | : | a drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.) (noun.group) |
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