collusion
noun
col·lu·sion
kə-ˈlü-zhən 
: secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose
acting in collusion with the enemy
collusively
adverb
Examples of collusion in a Sentence
The company was acting in collusion with manufacturers to inflate prices.
there was collusion between the two companies to fix prices
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In an affidavit, Etienne Haro, the hotel’s general manager, took particular umbrage at Weintraub’s charges of Holocaust denial and collusion with Epstein, who Haro said had never even stayed at The Mark.
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Liam Stack, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
That level of collusion may be unique to the state of Guerrero, experts say, where the long history of drug trafficking and a heavily militarized state presence would have created fertile ground for such relationships.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
Members of the Nevada GOP leadership have rebuked allegations of collusion.
—Isabella Murray, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2023
Law and other activists have been accused of violating the national security law, with offenses ranging from collusion with foreign forces to subversion of state power.
—Michael Callahan, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
His investigation — which ultimately found no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia — resulted in numerous indictments and convictions at trial and concluded that Russians had conducted a systematic effort to meddle with the 2016 presidential election.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 7 July 2023
Advertisement His opinion was reiterated by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel brought on by the Justice Department in the early years of Trump’s presidency to investigate possible collusion between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2023
The resolution censuring Schiff, D-Calif., lists the following accusations: Schiff falsely accused former President Donald Trump of collusion with Russia during the 2016 election.
—Allie Feinberg, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2023
And that’s not collusion, that’s answering stupid questions with.
—Staff Reports, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
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Liam Stack, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
That level of collusion may be unique to the state of Guerrero, experts say, where the long history of drug trafficking and a heavily militarized state presence would have created fertile ground for such relationships.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
Members of the Nevada GOP leadership have rebuked allegations of collusion.
—Isabella Murray, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2023
Law and other activists have been accused of violating the national security law, with offenses ranging from collusion with foreign forces to subversion of state power.
—Michael Callahan, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
His investigation — which ultimately found no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia — resulted in numerous indictments and convictions at trial and concluded that Russians had conducted a systematic effort to meddle with the 2016 presidential election.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 7 July 2023
Advertisement His opinion was reiterated by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel brought on by the Justice Department in the early years of Trump’s presidency to investigate possible collusion between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2023
The resolution censuring Schiff, D-Calif., lists the following accusations: Schiff falsely accused former President Donald Trump of collusion with Russia during the 2016 election.
—Allie Feinberg, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2023
And that’s not collusion, that’s answering stupid questions with.
—Staff Reports, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
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collusion
noun
col·lu·sion
kə-ˈlü-zhən
: secret agreement or cooperation for an illegal or dishonest purpose
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