collusion
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8.4
- noun
- /kəˈluːʒən/
:
colusión
- The scandal involved collusion among politicians to manipulate the election results.
- tacit collusion
- lead to collusion
- involve collusion
It is what we have colloquially called collusion with Russia.
- It is what we have colloquially called collusion with Russia.
- They found no collusion between Donald Trump and Russia.
- No obstruction, no collusion, no anything.
- But that kind of collusion and corruption does happen in Mexico as well.
- And that becomes a problem when there's this collusion between these covert operations and corporate.
- So why did Robert Mueller punt on the obstruction question but not on the collusion and conspiracy question?
- No, Mueller can't charge anybody for collusion.
- But the more important narrative that I thought they were pushing was this idea of collusion.
- And so there is that potential if there was no collusion around.
- And one of them was largely responsible for the rush of collusion lie.
- It's not one person and it's not, you know, collusion going on.
Examples
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The investigation revealed secret collusion between several companies to fix prices.
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A surprise attack succeeds because of what amounts to collusion between the attacker and the victim.
Academic text (1995) -
It's clearly a case of collusion.
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But the cost of this collusion between Congress and the courts is high.
Academic text (1990) -
There was actual crime of collusion in this jurisdiction.
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And we're not acting in collusion on the Middleton case.
Fiction book (2000) -
They found no collusion between Donald Trump and Russia.
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Politicians seek power, and bankers seek profit, and their collusion is responsible for the present crisis.
Blog text (3) -
They now have specific, concrete and corroborative evidence of collusion, the source said.
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DRAM has been in a global shortage, allegedly due to collusion between the major producers, for months.
Synonyms
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5.5
A secret plan by a group to do something illegal or harmful
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8.4
Taking part with others in a crime
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7.6
Secretly working together to do something dishonest
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9.9
Secret help that allows someone to do something illegal
A secret plan with someone to do something dishonest or illegal
Involving secret plans by a small group to influence decisions
Antonyms
How Secret
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Collusion comes from the Latin parts com- ('together') and ludere ('to play'), so it originally meant 'to play together'. Think of it as a secret 'playing together'—people quietly working with each other to cheat or deceive, which is why collusion means secret or illegal cooperation.