Definition of "cartels" []

• Plural form of cartel. (noun)

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• "McNamara, now a research fellow in drug policy at Stanford University, has argued that the 60 percent of the cash that supports violent drug cartels comes from the sale of illegal marijuana."
• "One reality of Calderon's war on the cartels is that they are suffering huge rates of attrition."
• "The only way to defeat the drug cartels is to go after their money."