A group of people or organizations who join together to do a particular job or to achieve a particular goal, especially in business or crime.
Syndicates can be good or bad, depending on what they are doing together.
Examples:
The syndicate bought the old building and turned it into a shopping center.
The syndicate controls all the illegal gambling in the city.
The syndicates work together to make more money.
The syndicate plans to build a new hotel.
The syndicate is so big, it controls everything!
The syndicate tries to take over the whole city.
To sell a story, article, or a series of articles to several newspapers or magazines at the same time.
When someone syndicates a story, it means they sell it to many places at once.
Examples:
The writer syndicated her column to many newspapers.
He syndicates his cartoons to different magazines.
She syndicates her stories to make more money.
The cartoonist syndicates his work to many publishers.
He syndicates his work to every big newspaper.
She syndicates her articles to many websites.