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Webster 1913 Edition
Collusion
1.
A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other’s hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
The foxe, maister of
collusion
. Spenser.
That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and
collusion
. Atterbury.
By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the
collusion
of both, the ware was bad and the price excessive. Swift.
Syn. –
Collusion
, Connivance
. A person who is guilty of connivance intentionally overlooks, and thus sanctions what he was bound to prevent. A person who is guilty of collusion unites with others (playing into their hands) for fraudulent purposes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Collusion
COLLUSION
,Noun.
1.
In law, a deceitful agreement or compact between two or more persons, for the one party to bring an action against the other, for some evil purpose, as to defraud a third person of his right.A secret understanding between two parties, who plead or proceed fraudulently against each other, to the prejudice of a third person.
2.
In general, a secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose.Definition 2024
collusion
collusion
English
Noun
collusion (plural collusions)
- A secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy.
- 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
- The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
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Related terms
Translations
conspiracy
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References
- “collusion” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).