Collusion

Quick meaning: Collusion is a noun meaning A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

Meaning

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

More Meanings

1. A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.

Example Sentences

Once derided as a nationalist conspiracy theory, collusion is by now an undeniable fact. The scale, however, remains unknown.

Such tunges unhappy hath made great diviſion In realmes, in cities, by ſuche fals abuſion; Of fals fickil tunges ſuche cloked colluſion

Furthermore, there is good reason for firms to try to collude without express communication, and thus find themselves dealing with less than full mutual understanding.

So why is Japan going ahead with the Olympics, against the public’s objections, while the pandemic is still a major public health concern? The answer is familiar: collusion among the elites.

Word Forms

• collusions

Synonyms for collusion

Depending on context, synonyms include connivance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include connivance, conspiracy, complicit, complicity, abetment, accomplice.

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