syndicate

Noun

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
an association of companies for some definite purpose
a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication
A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
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.
The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.

Verb

join together into a syndicate
- "The banks syndicated"
organize into or form a syndicate
sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations
To become a syndicate.
To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
To release media content through a syndicate to be broadcast or published through multiple outlets.

Examples

a gambling syndicate

Origin / Etymology

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, supervision”), Occitan sendegat, Portuguese sindicato (“trade union”), Spanish sindicado, sindicato (“office of a syndic; syndicate; trade union”).

Synonyms

consortium, crime syndicate, family, mob, pool

Scrabble Score: 15

syndicate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
syndicate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
syndicate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

syndicate: valid Words With Friends Word