SYNDICATE
Syndicate
The Syndicate is a "shadow government" group featured in The X-Files television show and feature film created by Chris Carter. They were also known as The Elders, The Consortium, and The Group. Because of their presiding over the cover-up of extraterrestrial life, they were the main force opposing the X-Files investigators, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, in the series.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Syndicate (The X-Files)
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syndicate
Noun
- A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
- A similar group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
- A chain of newspapers, or an agency that distributes features to multiple newspapers.
- The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council or body of syndics.
Verb
- To become a syndicate.
- To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
- To release media content through a syndicate to be published or broadcast through multiple outlets.
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