cartel
- An assembly of independent businesses or groups that collaboratively regulate prices, control distribution, or limit competition, often operating secretly due to its illegality under U.S. antitrust laws
- The oil companies formed a cartel to control the market prices.
- The illegal cartel was found guilty of reducing competition in the industry.
- Under the Sherman and Clayton Acts, operating a cartel is unlawful in the United States.
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