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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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However, anyone who has taken Auditing 101 knows that despite admonitions to have checks and balances and segregation of duties, internal controls are easily overridden by senior management acting collusively.
The judge said the rule ``was adopted collusively with the specific intent to circumvent the terms of the injunction.
burden to present admissible evidence which tends to exclude, by a preponderance of the evidence, the possibility that the (Defendants) acted independently rather than collusively.
 
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