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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The suit alleges collusion to illegally boycott certain companies and platforms, including Rumble, by misusing brand safety standards to exclude them from advertising.
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Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2024
The department must be careful of reaching out to individual providers to avoid the appearance of collusion, Medlin said.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2024
Sommer dismissed a felony criminal charge against Baldwin after his attorneys alleged misconduct, including alleged collusion between the prosecutor and Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies to conceal from defense attorneys a bag of ammunition that could have been evidence in the case.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The orders are part of an effort to understand the scale of the practice, the kinds of user data that are being gathered, the ways algorithmic price adjustments might affect consumers and the question of whether collusion or other anticompetitive practices could be involved.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2024
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Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2024
The department must be careful of reaching out to individual providers to avoid the appearance of collusion, Medlin said.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2024
Sommer dismissed a felony criminal charge against Baldwin after his attorneys alleged misconduct, including alleged collusion between the prosecutor and Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies to conceal from defense attorneys a bag of ammunition that could have been evidence in the case.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The orders are part of an effort to understand the scale of the practice, the kinds of user data that are being gathered, the ways algorithmic price adjustments might affect consumers and the question of whether collusion or other anticompetitive practices could be involved.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Collusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusion. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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