cartel
/kɑːˈtel/noun
1- an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition卡特尔, 同业联盟：
the Columbian drug cartels.
哥伦比亚毒品卡特尔。
1.1
- chiefly historical a coalition or cooperative arrangement between political parties intended to promote a mutual interest〈主史〉政党联盟, 政党合作。
词源
late 19th cent.: from German Kartell, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta, from Latin carta （see CARD1）. 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 to denote a trade agreement （early 20th cent.）.