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
Early in his first term, in May 2017, Trump fired Comey, who as FBI director had been leading an investigation into the Trump 2016 presidential campaign's possible collusion with Russia to help Trump get elected.
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Josh Meyer, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Congressional Republicans repeatedly peppered Maher and Kruger with accusations regarding their coverage of the COVID-19 origins lab leak theory, Russian collusion, and Hunter Biden’s laptop.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Other rulings affecting the case included her 2019 decision ordering that House Democrats be given access to grand jury material and testimony from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia collusion investigation.
—Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Mar. 2025
By analyzing unstructured data from communications, such as emails and chat messages, these systems can identify potential misconduct or collusion that might not be apparent through traditional data analysis.
—Craig Costigan, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Josh Meyer, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Congressional Republicans repeatedly peppered Maher and Kruger with accusations regarding their coverage of the COVID-19 origins lab leak theory, Russian collusion, and Hunter Biden’s laptop.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Other rulings affecting the case included her 2019 decision ordering that House Democrats be given access to grand jury material and testimony from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia collusion investigation.
—Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Mar. 2025
By analyzing unstructured data from communications, such as emails and chat messages, these systems can identify potential misconduct or collusion that might not be apparent through traditional data analysis.
—Craig Costigan, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collusion
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Erik Fleming Erik Fleming, a TV director and former acquaintance of Perry's from Los Angeles' Hawthorne neighborhood, pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death, per the press release.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Former treatment center director Erik Fleming, who was involved in the fatal dose, entered a guilty plea in August to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
16 June 2025
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The relocation plan is seen by Jordan as an existential threat to the small kingdom, a death knell for hopes of an eventual Palestinian state and tantamount to complicity in ethnic cleansing of Gaza.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
20 June 2025
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Once more Bechdel gives us people grappling with their own political complicity, people whose lofty ideas about society far exceed their ability, or indeed willingness, to change it.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
16 June 2025
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“Collusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusion. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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