collusion
A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain…A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
» There was no collusion with Russia.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
(countable, uncountable)A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.
geheimes Einverständnis, Verschwörung, Kollusion
та́йное соглаше́ниеtájnoje soglašénije, сго́ворsgóvor, за́говорzágovor
таємна умоваtajemna umova, таємна домовленістьtajemna domovlenistʹ
- secret agreement
- agreement on a secret plot
Examples
4 sentencesThere was no collusion with Russia.
At this time, we should wipe out crime and collusion.
The sports world should, at this time, eliminate the collusion with criminal organizations.
There's some collusion going on.
Translations
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Origin
Dated from the 14th century C.E. as Middle English collusioun, collusion; from Old FrenchDated from the 14th century C.E. as Middle English collusioun, collusion; from Old French collusion, from Latin collusio (“act of colluding”).
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Forms
plural: collusions| Singular | collusion |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- agreement on a secret plot:connivance
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.