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plural pacts
An agreement; a compact; a covenant. examples
(international law) An agreement between two or more nations examples
(military) An alliance or coalition.
third-person singular simple present pacts, present participle pacting, simple past and past participle pacted
(intransitive) To form a pact; to agree formally. quotations examples
When national elites pacted in Mexico, they pacted to the advantage of the elites as against the masses and also to the advantage of the center as against the provinces.
1992, John Higley, Richard Gunther, Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe, page 129