Definition of "cartelize" []

• To form as or become a cartel. (verb-transitive)

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• "Navy, and they even got to try to cartelize their industry when they could peaceably agree with each other to restrain trade."
• "In particular, the NIRA of 1933 allowed much of the U.S. economy to cartelize."
• "Part of a rational national healthcare system would make hospitals cartelize their use and purchase of a lot of this equipment."