squad vs syndicate

squad

verb
  • To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. 

noun
  • Sloppy mud. 

  • One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. 

  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. 

  • A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen. 

  • A collective noun for a group of squid. 

syndicate

verb
  • To put under the control of a group acting as a unit. 

  • To become a syndicate. 

  • To release media content through a syndicate to be broadcast or published through multiple outlets. 

noun
  • The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics. 

  • A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization. 

  • A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime. 

  • A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group. 

How often have the words squad and syndicate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )