collusive
1
8.6
- adjective
- /kəˈluːsɪv/
:
colusorio
- The authors are aware of a similar suit being contemplated by a French manufacturer in a different industry, based on alleged collusive activity by a group of American manufacturers in developing U.S. standards that operated to exclude the French firm's products from the U.S. market.
- collusive arrangement
- collusive behavior
- collusive activity
Examples
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In sum, the dual feature and majors' collusive practices created a stable market for B product and a niche for independent Poverty Row studios by the mid-1930s.
Academic text (2017) -
When a group of firms in a market tries to act in concert to keep prices high, one check on their collusive behavior is the possibility that a competitor will undercut them.
Academic text (2005) -
If such a collusive deal was struck, then the Soviet Union merely promised to do what it was already doing.
Academic text (2018) -
Hence, the collusive practices of government and finance also ended, further exposing an already weak financial system.
Academic text (2004) -
Rollfast Bicycle Company has been barred from entering the market in a large Asian country by the collusive efforts of the local bicycle manufacturers.
Academic text (2005) -
Concerns about unlimited, collusive, fraudulent, or speculative claims illustrate a need for some limit to liability.
Academic text (1990) -
We find from the evidence and from your own admissions... ...that a request was made that the Shank bout be conducted... ...as a sham or collusive contest... ...in consideration of an offer to you of $100,000.
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However, a Canadian exporter harmed by exclusionary conduct in the U.S. probably would have standing to sue under U.S. law, and collusive activity in the U.S. that has an adverse effect on import competition would be subject to prosecution in the United States.
Academic text (1991) -
As trade barriers fall, antitrust authorities must ensure that the market-restricting effects of governmentally imposed trade measures are not replaced by collusive behavior or abuse of dominant market position by transnational corporations.
Academic text (1994) -
The investigation revealed that several companies had engaged in collusive practices to fix prices unfairly.
Synonyms
47
8.3
Being involved with others in something illegal or wrong
35
7.9
Suggesting a secret agreement that unfairly helps both sides
17
7.6
Secretly working together to do something dishonest
17
7.0
Working secretly with other people to do dishonest things
15
8.1
Suggesting that people share a secret plan to do something bad
8
8.0
Someone who secretly plans to do something dishonest or harmful
1
9.6
Being involved with others in something illegal or wrong
Involving secret plans by a small group to influence decisions
Antonyms
How Secretive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Collusive comes from the Latin word colludere, from com- 'together' and ludere 'to play'. So, to be collusive is like secretly 'playing together' to cheat or make a dishonest plan.