Definition of Collusion

1. Noun. Secret agreement.

Generic synonyms: Agreement, Arrangement
Derivative terms: Collude

2. Noun. Agreement on a secret plot.
Exact synonyms: Connivance
Generic synonyms: Agreement
Specialized synonyms: Cahoot
Derivative terms: Collude, Connive

Definition of Collusion

1. n. A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.

Definition of Collusion

1. Noun. A secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collusion

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collusion

collum dentis
collum distortum
collum femoris
collum fibulae
collum folliculi pili
collum humeri
collum mallei
collum mandibulae
collum ossis femoris
collum radii
collum scapulae
collum tali
collum vesicae biliaris
collum vesicae felleae
collusion (current term)
collusions
collusitate
collusive
collusively
collusiveness
collusory
collutories
collutorium
collutory
colluvia
colluvial
colluvies
colluvium
colluviums

Literary usage of Collusion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of Husband and Wife According to the Law of Scotland by Frederick Parker Walton (1893)
"collusion.—This consists in the permitting of a false case to be substantiated or keeping back a just defence.4 It is collusion if it be shown that the ..."

2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"I must beg leave to deny the doctrine in the extent it is contended for, and to insist before your lordships, the collusion cannot he averred .и ты this ..."

3. The Law of Patents for Useful Inventions by William Callyhan Robinson (1890)
"Preliminary Injunction : Prior Judgment aa Evidence of Validity : Judgments of Circuit Courts : Judgments on Hearings, by Consent, by collusion, etc. ..."

4. Engineering and Architectural Jurisprudence: A Presentation of the Law of by John Cassan Wait (1898)
"Fraud and collusion between the company and its engineer or an owner and his architect will ... Fraud Without Connivance or collusion of Owner or Company. ..."

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