cartel ship — noun : a ship commissioned in time of war to sail under a safe conduct for the exchange of prisoners or conveyance of proposals between belligerents … Useful english dictionary
Cartel — Car*tel , n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st {Card}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm. [1913 Webster] 2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cartel — Car*tel , n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st {Card}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm. [1913 Webster] 2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cartel — A cartel is a formal (explicit) agreement among firms. Cartels usually occur in an oligopolistic industry, where there is a small number of sellers and usually involve homogeneous products. Cartel members may agree on such matters as price fixing … Wikipedia
Gulf Cartel — Founded 1970s In Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico Founded by Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, Juan García Abrego Years active 1970s−present Territory Mexico: Ta … Wikipedia
Guadalajara Cartel — The Guadalajara Cartel was a Mexican drug cartel which was formed in the 1980 s by Rafael Caro Quintero and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo in order to ship heroin and marijuana to the United States. Among the first of the Mexican drug trafficking… … Wikipedia
Chasseur (ship) — Chasseur was a Baltimore clipper commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle, one of the most famous American privateers. She sailed from Fells Point in Baltimore, where she had been launched from Thomas Kemp s shipyard in 1812. On his first voyage as… … Wikipedia
USS Trepang (SSN-674) — USS Trepang (SSN 674), a Sturgeon class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trepang, a marine animal having a long, tough, muscular body, sometimes called a sea slug or a sea cucumber , found on the coral… … Wikipedia
List of Honorverse characters — This is intended to be a comprehensive list of the names of even minor fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by David Weber. Characters are sorted by their last name. Some are sorted by first… … Wikipedia
List of gangs in the Grand Theft Auto series — The Grand Theft Auto series of video games features a myriad of fictional gangs and criminal organizations of various ethnicities, histories and activities, which have served as both primary and secondary vehicles in the games plot points, as… … Wikipedia
