syndicate

CEFRB2

/ˈsɪndɪkət/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A group working together for a shared purpose.

  2. 02

    verb

    To sell or publish something through several organizations.

Examples

  • The prize was divided equally among the ten syndicate members.

  • This sweet little old lady turned out to be the head of a crime syndicate.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈsɪndɪkeɪt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.

  2. A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.

  3. A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization.

More examples

In context

  • a gambling syndicate

  • Held at the estate of Mafia boss Joseph Barbara in Apalachin, NY, the meeting called by [Vito] Genovese in November 1957 brought over 100 mobsters from around the country to cement his power over the national crime syndicate.

  • [H]e [John Guthrie McCallum] went to Los Angeles and set up a law practice. There, with three partners and a capitalization of $100,000, they syndicated under the name Palm Valley Land and Water Company in 1887.

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Origin

noun

Anglicized from French syndicat (“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”) on the basis of -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group formed of people of this same office), equivalent to syndic (“syndic; representative; (especially) chief magistrate of Geneva”) + -at (“-ate”, forms nouns denoting rank or office), from Medieval Latin *syndicātus, from syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town; syndic”) (from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate for a defendant”), from σύν (sún, “beside; with”) + δίκη (díkē, “judgment; justice”)) + -ātus (“-ate”). By surface analysis, syndic + -ate. Compare Italian sindacato (“syndicate; trade union; audit, control, supervis...