Sentence:  In Inside Africa , John Gunther describes one of these , the Societe Generale , as `` the kind of colossus that might be envisaged if , let us say , the House of Morgan , Anaconda Copper , the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York , the Pennsylvania Railroad , and various companies producing agricultural products were <WSD>lumped</WSD> together , with the United States government as a heavy partner '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  put together indiscriminately