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    cartel
    car‧tel /kɑːˈtel $ kɑːr-/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: French
     Origin: 'document', from Old Italian cartello, from carta; ⇨ card1
    a group of people or companies who agree to sell something at a particular price in order to prevent competition and increase profits ⇨ monopoly:
        an illegal drug cartel