cartellike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a cartel.

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Meanings

adjectivecartellike (comparative more cartellike, superlative most cartellike)

comparative more cartellike · superlative most cartellike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cartel.

    Viewing free competition as chaos, but resisting government ownership of industries, he favored cartellike arrangements to stabilize prices and production.

    1981 August 30, Ronald Steel, “INDISPENSABLE NUISANCE”, in The New York Times
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    This cartellike partnership's specious sales pitch was that doctors were the culprits behind inflation, driven to avaricious behavior by an evil fee-for-service system.

    2014 January 21, Robert W. Geist, “Counterpoint: The high cost of 'free' medical care”, in StarTribune

Origin

From cartel + -like.

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APA

cartellike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartellike

MLA

“cartellike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartellike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cartellike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartellike.

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