cartel
[kɑ:'tel]
n. 卡特尔, 企合, 俘虏, 斗挑战书

[] 合, 合卖, 卡特尔

1. It is an example of an oil cartel.
   石油卡特尔。
2. Witness the tensions that dog OPEC, the cartel of oil-producing countries.
   连石油盟OPEC都自政，弓拔弩。
3. On Bush's watch the country was flooded with cocaine form the Medellin cartel.
   布什任，美斥自麦德犯罪组织卡。

cartel
[ noun ]
a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
<noun.group>
they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly



Cartel \Car*tel"\, n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper,
dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st {Card}.]
1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange
of prisoners. --Wilhelm.

2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single
combat. [Obs.]

He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., --Sir W.
Scott.

{Cartel}, or {Cartel ship}, a ship employed in the exchange
of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a
ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.


Cartel \Car*tel"\, n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper,
dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st {Card}.]
1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange
of prisoners. --Wilhelm.

2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single
combat. [Obs.]

He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., --Sir W.
Scott.

{Cartel}, or {Cartel ship}, a ship employed in the exchange
of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a
ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.


Cartel \Car"tel\, v. t.
To defy or challenge. [Obs.]

You shall cartel him. --B. Jonson.