Collusion
21collusion — 1) An agreement between two or more parties in order to prejudice a third party, or for any improper purpose. Collusion to carry out an illegal, not merely improper, purpose is punishable as a conspiracy. In a business context, collusion may… …
22collusion — /keuh looh zheuhn/, n. 1. a secret agreement, esp. for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy: Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him. 2. Law. a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something… …
23collusion — [[t]kəlu͟ːʒ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu N between pl n, N with n, in N (disapproval) Collusion is secret or illegal co operation, especially between countries or organizations. [FORMAL] He found no evidence of collusion between record companies and… …
24collusion — 1) An agreement between two or more parties in order to prejudice a third party, or for any improper purpose. Collusion to carry out an illegal, not merely improper, purpose is punishable as a conspiracy. 2) In legal proceedings, a secret… …
25collusion — They have been working in collusion on the experiments for almost four years (Guardian). Let us hope, for the sake of the Guardian, that the people in question read another newspaper that day, for collusion means to work together for ends… …
26collusion — collude, collusion Both words involve a notion of fraud or dishonesty. It is correct to speak of dealers colluding, or acting in collusion, in insider dealing on the stock exchange; but it would not be correct to refer to authors colluding to… …
27collusion — /kal(y)uwzhan/ An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. It implies the existence of fraud of some kind, the employment of fraudulent means, or of… …
28collusion — /kal(y)uwzhan/ An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. It implies the existence of fraud of some kind, the employment of fraudulent means, or of… …
29collusion — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin collusion , collusio, from colludere Date: 14th century secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose • collusive adjective • collusively …
30collusion — See collusion, connivance …
