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/kɑrtˈɛl/ Listen

noun

Cartel n.

(Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners.

A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. (Obs.) "He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel.,"

Cartel ship (or Cartel), a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.

verb

Cartel v. t. To defy or challenge. (Obs.) "You shall cartel him."

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"Cartel" Quotes from Famous Books

... take a flag of truce and wait upon the French Admiral, and propose an exchange of prisoners; which M. Linois refused, alleging that it was not in his power to establish a cartel for the purpose until he obtained the sanction of the Minister of the Marine at Paris, to whom he had sent off an express as soon as the firing had ceased on the preceding day; but he consented to send over the officers ...

— Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I • Sir John Ross

... with pleasure and satisfaction. I have now to request of you that, so soon as the distracted state of this unfortunate controversy will admit, you will be pleased to take an early opportunity of settling a cartel for myself ...

— An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America • J. P. MacLean

... Cobb has been sent down the river under flag of truce to negotiate a cartel with Gen. Dix for the exchange of prisoners. It was decided that the exchange should be conducted on the basis agreed to between the United States and the British Government during the war of 1812, and all men taken hereafter will be ...

— A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital • John Beauchamp Jones

... had gone by when one morning Benita, who slept upon the cartel or hide-strung bed in the waggon, having dressed herself as best she could in that confined place, thrust aside the curtain and seated herself upon the voorkisse, or driving-box. The sun was not yet up, and the air ...

— Benita, An African Romance • H. Rider Haggard

... General Banks at Port Hudson, were illegally and improperly declared exchanged, and forced into the ranks to swell the rebel numbers at Chickamauga. This outrageous act, in violation of the laws of war, of the cartel entered into by the rebel authorities, and of all sense of honor, gives us a useful lesson in regard to the character of the enemy with whom we are contending. He neither regards the rules of civilized warfare, nor even ...

— The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete • William T. Sherman

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