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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
collusion [kəˈluːʒn] ncollusione f
in collusion with → in accordo segreto con


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