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Collusion
//kəˈluːʒən// noun
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Noun
- 1 A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 2 secret agreement wordnet
- 3 A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy. countable, uncountable
"Such tunges unhappy hath made great diviſion In realmes, in cities, by ſuche fals abuſion; Of fals fickil tunges ſuche cloked colluſion"
- 4 agreement on a secret plot wordnet
Etymology
Dated from the 14th century C.E. as Middle English collusioun, collusion; from Old French collusion, from Latin collusio (“act of colluding”).
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