term:

Syndicate

syndicate n

[French syndicat the office or jurisdiction of a syndic]
1 : a group organized to carry out a particular transaction or enterprise
2 : an association of organized criminals
[sin-di-kāt] vb -cat·ed
-cat·ing
vt
: to form or manage as or through a syndicate [a syndicated tax shelter]
vi
: to unite to form a syndicate
syn·di·ca·tion [sin-di-kā-shən]
n