collusion

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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]

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

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Noun	1.	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 connivance 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] N → confabulación f, connivencia f
to be in collusion with → confabular or conspirar con

collusion [kəˈluːʒ^ən] n → collusion f
in collusion with → en complicité avec

collusion

n → (geheime) Absprache; they’re acting in collusion → sie haben sich abgesprochen; there’s been some collusion between those two pupils → diese beiden Schüler haben zusammengearbeitet

collusion [kəˈluːʒ/ən] n → collusione f
in collusion with → in accordo segreto con

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agreement arrangement bobol Cahoot cahoots collaboration complicity connivance connive conspiracy exemption fix granting immunity immunity intrigue Involvement Law	Should there be found a citizen zealous enough to undertake the unpromising task, if there happen to be collusion between the parties concerned, how easy it is to clothe the circumstances with so much ambiguity, as to render it uncertain what was the precise conduct of any of those parties? Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context The fact of the presence of the chambermaid--who had come to clean up The Yellow Room--in the laboratory, when Monsieur Stangerson and his daughter returned from their walk, at half-past one, permits us to affirm that at half-past one the murderer was not in the chamber under the bed, unless he was in collusion with the chambermaid. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context There was collusion, sir, or that villain never would have escaped. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context	colloidal suspension Colloidality colloidally Collonade collop Colloped Collophore colloq. colloquia colloquial colloquialism Colloquialize colloquially Colloquist colloquium colloquy collotype collotype printing Collow Colluctancy Colluctation collude Colluder Collum collup collusion collusive Collusory Collutory Colluvies colluvium colly Collybist collyrium collywobbles Colmar colo- Colo. coloboma colobus Colobus guereza colobus monkey Colocasia Colocasia esculenta Colocolo colocynth Colocynthin cologarithm Cologne Cologne earth Cologne umber	colluders colluders colludes colludes colluding colluding collum collum collum collum dentis collum dentis collum distortum collum distortum collum valgum collum valgum Collumcille Collumcille Collumcille Colluminator Colluminator Colluminator Colluminator Collumn Collumn Collumn Collumn Collumn collunarium collup Collusie collusion Collusione collusive collusive collusive collusive collusive action Collusive agreement Collusive agreement Collusive agreement Collusive agreement Collusive pricing Collusive pricing Collusive pricing Collusive pricing collusively collusively collusively collusively collusiveness collusiveness Collusory Collusory collutorium collutory collutory colluvia colluvia colluvial colluvial colluviarium

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Should there be found a citizen zealous enough to undertake the unpromising task, if there happen to be collusion between the parties concerned, how easy it is to clothe the circumstances with so much ambiguity, as to render it uncertain what was the precise conduct of any of those parties?

Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context

The fact of the presence of the chambermaid--who had come to clean up The Yellow Room--in the laboratory, when Monsieur Stangerson and his daughter returned from their walk, at half-past one, permits us to affirm that at half-past one the murderer was not in the chamber under the bed, unless he was in collusion with the chambermaid.

The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context

There was collusion, sir, or that villain never would have escaped.

Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context

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