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 on the Web As a result, many began to pull out of the state’s insurance market in a case of obvious industry collusion and blackmail. Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024 South Korea is a key US ally in the Asia-Pacific, though Terry’s indictment is not the first case of alleged collusion to test the two countries’ friendship. Michael Mitsanas, CNN, 17 July 2024 Antitrust law prohibits collusion among buyers just as among sellers. Jonathan Knee, Sportico.com, 19 June 2024 By this standard, a slew of senators and law enforcement officials should have been arrested for the Russian collusion hoax against President Trump. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for collusion 

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“Collusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusion. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.

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