as in conspiracy
a secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose
there was collusion between the two companies to fix prices
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Recent Examples of collusion
Selective non-prosecution of antitrust cases will lead to anticompetitive mergers, collusion between competitors, and monopoly abuses.
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Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 8 June 2026
One way to break the collusion, and perhaps the best way, is to make sure that every citizen has a working knowledge of the working days of his hardest-working fellows.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Bid rigging and collusion among contractors can also become an issue.
—Meily Perez, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
However, the deal faces scrutiny, with SpaceX's president viewing it as competition and regulatory experts raising concerns about potential collusion among the high-margin competitors.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
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Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 8 June 2026
One way to break the collusion, and perhaps the best way, is to make sure that every citizen has a working knowledge of the working days of his hardest-working fellows.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Bid rigging and collusion among contractors can also become an issue.
—Meily Perez, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
However, the deal faces scrutiny, with SpaceX's president viewing it as competition and regulatory experts raising concerns about potential collusion among the high-margin competitors.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collusion
Noun
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Steven Spielberg’s alien conspiracy adventure has earned $82 million internationally and $160 million after two weekends on the big screen.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
21 June 2026
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This isn't a conspiracy, but how large language models operate.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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The information, which Daniel was hired to protect but now wants to disclose, is footage providing conclusive evidence of the arrival of aliens on Earth, in 1947, and of a seventy-nine-year coverup, with government complicity, by a company called WARDEX, headed by Noah Scanlon (Colin Firth).—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 June 2026
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And in 2024, a Paris court sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison for complicity in war crimes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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“Collusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusion. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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