noun

1. a group or council of syndics
2. 1. an association of individuals or corporations formed to carry out some financial project requiring much capital
   2. any group organized to further some undertaking
   3. ☆ an informal association of criminals controlling a network of vice, gambling, etc.
   4. ☆ a group of newspapers, owned as a chain
3. ☆ an organization that sells special articles or features for publication by many newspapers or periodicals

Etymology: Fr syndicat < syndic, syndic

transitive verb syndicated -·cat′ed, syndicating -·cat′·ing

1. to manage as or form into a syndicate
2. ☆
   1. to sell (an article, feature, etc.) through a syndicate for publication in many newspapers or periodicals
   2. to sell (a program, series, etc.) to a number of radio or TV stations

intransitive verb