Groups of individuals or organizations combined to carry out a project or manage a business, or to distribute content to multiple outlets; can also mean criminal organizations.
From French 'syndic,' derived from Greek 'syndikos' meaning advocate or representative, from 'syn-' (with) and 'dike' (justice). Medieval merchants formed syndicates for protection.
The same word describes both legitimate business syndicates and crime syndicates—showing how language doesn't judge the morality of organization, just the structure of people banding together for power!
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