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.

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syndicate

Noun

  1. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
  2. A similar group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
  3. A chain of newspapers, or an agency that distributes features to multiple newspapers.
  4. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council or body of syndics.

Verb

  1. To become a syndicate.
  2. To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
  3. To release media content through a syndicate to be published or broadcast through multiple outlets.


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