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collusion
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col·lu·sion  (k-lzhn)
n.
A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose.

[Middle English, from Latin collsi, collsin-, from collsus, past participle of colldere, to collude; see collude.]

collusion [kəˈluːʒən]
n
1. secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose; connivance; conspiracy
2. (Law) a secret agreement between opponents at law in order to obtain a judicial decision for some wrongful or improper purpose
[from Latin collūsiō, from collūdere to collude]
collusive  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.collusion - secret agreement
arrangement, agreement - the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago"
2.collusion - agreement on a secret plot
agreement - the verbal act of agreeing
cahoot - collusion; "in cahoots with"

collusion
noun conspiracy, intrigue, deceit, complicity, connivance, secret understanding He found no evidence of collusion between record companies and retailers.
Translations
collusion [kəˈluːʒən] Nconfabulación f, connivencia f
to be in collusion withconfabular or conspirar con
collusion [kəˈluːʒən] ncollusion f
in collusion with → en complicité avec
collusion
n(geheime) Absprache; they’re acting in collusionsie haben sich abgesprochen; there’s been some collusion between those two pupilsdiese beiden Schüler haben zusammengearbeitet
collusion [kəˈluːʒn] ncollusione f
in collusion with → in accordo segreto con


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From an economic standpoint it is a detail whether the collusive pricing scheme was organized and implemented in such a way as to generate evidence of actual communications.
111) Posner asserts that information-exchanges "foster collusive pricing both by enabling convergence on a single supracompetitive price and by facilitating detection of, and thereby discouraging, sales below that price.
Since these firms still may have engaged in some form of price setting, there are still questions about how they were able to maintain collusive pricing without formal price leadership.
 
 
 
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