cartel
noun /kɑːˈtel/
/kɑːrˈtel/
[countable + singular or plural verb]- a group of separate companies that agree to increase profits by fixing prices and not competing with each other
卡特尔，企业联盟（通过统一价格、防止竞争来增加共同利润） - to operate an illegal cartel
经营非法卡特尔
Collocations DictionaryCartel is used after these nouns:- cocaine
- drug
词源late 19th cent.: from German Kartell, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta, from Latin carta, charta, from Greek khartēs ‘papyrus leaf’. It was originally used to refer to the coalition of the Conservatives and National Liberal parties in Germany (1887), and hence any political combination; later meaning a trade agreement (early 20th cent.). - to operate an illegal cartel