cartellike

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English

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Etymology

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From cartel +‎ -like.

Adjective

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cartellike (comparative more cartellike, superlative most cartellike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cartel.
    • 1981 August 30, Ronald Steel, “INDISPENSABLE NUISANCE”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Viewing free competition as chaos, but resisting government ownership of industries, he favored cartellike arrangements to stabilize prices and production.
    • 2014 January 21, Robert W. Geist, “Counterpoint: The high cost of 'free' medical care”, in StarTribune[2]:
      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.