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
The 78-year-old pro-democracy activist and media baron was ruled guilty of sedition and collusion with foreign countries by a Hong Kong court on Monday.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
The former president was released earlier this month after a court ruled there were alternative ways to protect evidence and witnesses or prevent collusion among defendants as Sarkozy appeals.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Strzok and Page were assigned in 2017 to work on then-Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s team, tasked with investigating the Russia collusion narrative.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
The elaborate scheme, masterminded by members of four Mafia families in collusion with celebrity athletes, ensnared unsuspecting victims, bleeding them of over $7 million through cunning deception, prosecutors said in the indictment.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
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In the show, Lower, 40, plays Helly Riggs/Helena Eagan, who tries to uncover the company's web of conspiracies with her coworkers.—
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In their charging documents, prosecutors allege Maduro, his wife and his son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra, engaged in a cocaine-trafficking conspiracy and partnered with cartels designated as terrorist groups.—
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By the mid-level bureaucrat who finally decides the cost of complicity is too high.—
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Veiel, conducting a forensic examination of Riefenstahl’s archives and other sources, picks apart the myth the filmmaker propagated after World War II that absolved herself of any complicity in Nazi atrocities.—
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“Collusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusion. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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