collusion

kəˈluːʒən

Definition

Definition of collusion - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

secret agreementsecret cooperation for illegal or deceitful purposes

They were accused of collusion to fix prices.
An audit revealed collusion among department heads.
The whistleblower exposed collusion with foreign vendors.

complicity

connivance

conspiracy

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Expressions with collusion

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in collusion

adv.

acting together secretly for a dishonest purpose

They worked in collusion to cheat on the test.

in collusion with

prep.

conspiring with others to commit an illegal act

He was found guilty of being in collusion with hackers.

anti-collusion

adj.

designed to prevent secret or illegal agreements

The company adopted anti-collusion measures for the bidding process.

Origin of collusion

Latin, colludere (to play together)

Terms with collusion included in their meaning

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cahoots

collusion

secret partnership for dishonest purposes

wash sale

stock-exchange

illegal practice of inflating security prices through collusion

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French:collusion, ...
German:geheime Absprache, ...
Italian:collusione, ...
Spanish:colusión, ...
Portuguese:colusão, ...
Chinese:串通, ...
Japanese:共謀, ...
Arabic:تواطؤ, ...
Hebrew:קָשֶׁר, ...
Russian:сговор, ...
Ukrainian:змова, ...
Hindi:साजिश, ...
Bengali:গোপন চুক্তি, ...
Catalan:connivència, ...
Czech:tajná dohoda, ...
Danish:kollusion, ...
Dutch:samenspanning, ...
Greek:συνενοχή, ...
Hungarian:összejátszás, ...
Khmer:ការឃុបឃិត, ...
Korean:담합, ...
Persian:تبانی, ...
Polish:zmowa, ...
Portuguese (BR):conluio, ...
Romanian:coluzie, ...
Swedish:hemligt samarbete, ...
Thai:สมคบคิด, ...
Turkish:gizli iş birliği, ...
Vietnamese:âm mưu, ...

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