cartellike

English

Etymology

From cartel +‎ -like.

Adjective

cartellike (comparative more cartellike, superlative most cartellike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a cartel.
   • 1981 August 30, Ronald Steel, “INDISPENSABLE NUISANCE”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Viewing free competition as chaos, but resisting government ownership of industries, he favored cartellike arrangements to stabilize prices and production.

   • 2014 January 21, Robert W. Geist, “Counterpoint: The high cost of 'free' medical care”, in StarTribune‎^[2]:

     This cartellike partnership's specious sales pitch was that doctors were the culprits behind inflation, driven to avaricious behavior by an evil fee-for-service system.