Maybe they just need a new word. How about...
alliance, band, bunch, club, coalition, combination, combine, compact, company, confederacy, confederation, conference, crew, gang, group, guild, loop, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, ring, society, sodality, union, unit
but my favorite is: plunderbund
I don't care which way they say it, I'd just like to know who the members were. Is the NDA still in effect even though the contract and "consortium" collapsed?
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