collusion
/kəˈluːʒən/
collusion noun: a private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
Noun
collusion (countable and uncountable, plural collusions)
- A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
- 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.2012, Joseph E. Harrington, A theory of tacit collusion
- A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.
- Such tunges unhappy hath made great diviſion
In realmes, in cities, by ſuche fals abuſion;
Of fals fickil tunges ſuche cloked colluſionc. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c. - 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...2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18
- Such tunges unhappy hath made great diviſion
collusion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
collusion in Hindi
- between competitors
- दुरभिसंधि durbhisandhi
- conspiracy
- मिलीभगत milībhgat
collusion in Tamil
- உள்கூட்டு, நயவஞ்சகக் கூட்டு, வஞ்சகக் கூட்டு, வஞ்சக்கூட்டு உடன்படிக்கை, உடந்தை
collusion in Urdu
- گٹھ جوڑ, سازش
collusion in Bengali
- গোপন ষড়যন্ত্র, আঁতাত
More languagesFewer languages
- collusion in Malayalam
- വഞ്ചനയ്ക്കായുളള കൂട്ടുകെട്ട്, രഹസ്യാലോചന, ഗൂഢാലോചന, യോജിച്ചുള്ള ചതിപ്രയോഗം
- collusion in Kannada
- ರಹಸ್ಯ ಒಪ್ಪಂದ, ಒಳಸಂಚು, ಮೋಸದ ಒಪ್ಪಂದ
- collusion in Punjabi
- ਮਿਲੀਭੁਗਤ
- collusion in Gujarati
- મીલીભગત mīlībhgat, મિલીભગત milībhgat
- collusion in Arabic
- تَوَاطُؤ tawāṭuʔ
- collusion in Malay
- subahat
- collusion in Indonesian
- kolusi
- collusion in Persian
- سازش sâzeš
Examples of collusion in a sentence
- The answer is familiar: collusion among the elites.2021 March 25, Koichi Nakano, “The Olympics Are On! But Why?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Once derided as a nationalist conspiracy theory, collusion is by now an undeniable fact.2023 August 30, Megan K. Stack, Rob Stothard, “He Was Shot 14 Times at the Dinner Table. His Children Want to Know if Britain Ordered the...
Forms of collusion
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Origin of collusion
Dated from the 14th century C.E. as Middle English collusioun, collusion; from Old French collusion, from Latin collusio (“act of colluding”).
Words formed from collusion
Questions about collusion
- What does collusion mean?
- Collusion means a private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
- What is collusion in Hindi?
- Collusion in Hindi is दुरभिसंधि (durbhisandhi), मिलीभगत (milībhgat). See Collusion meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use collusion in a sentence?
- The answer is familiar: collusion among the elites.
- What part of speech is collusion?
- Collusion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce collusion?
- Collusion is pronounced /kəˈluːʒən/.
- What is the plural of collusion?
- The plural of collusion is collusions.
Words near collusion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: collusion (page history and authors); collusion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); collusion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); collusion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); collusion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); collusion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); collusion (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); મિલીભગત (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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