syndicate

noun

a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication

an association of companies for some definite purpose

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

verb

sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations

organize into or form a syndicate

join together into a syndicate

Roots

synsyn- · Greek · together, with dike-dic · Greek · justice

Synonyms for syndicate

consortiumn syndicationn mafian ganglandn carteln camarillan groupn associationn

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The word syndicate breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: syn-, from Greek syn (“together, with”); and -dic, from Greek dike (“justice”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.