collusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

/kəˈluːʒən/ en-us-collusion.ogg

collusion collusions

Dated from the 14th century C.E. as Middle English collusioun, collusion; from Old French collusion, from Latin collusio (“act of colluding”).

collude delusion allusion elusion illusion

anticollusion noncollusion postcollusion precollusion tacit collusion

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