collusion
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.col·lu·sion
noun \kə-ˈlü-zhən\Definition of COLLUSION
: secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose
— col·lu·sive \-ˈlü-siv, -ziv\ adjective
— col·lu·sive·ly adverb
See Examples of COLLUSION
- The company was acting in collusion with manufacturers to inflate prices.
- <there was collusion between the two companies to fix prices>
Origin of COLLUSION
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin collusion-, collusio, from colludere
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to COLLUSION
- Synonyms
- complicity, connivance, conspiracy
Rhymes with COLLUSION
affusion, allusion, Carthusian, conclusion, confusion, contusion, delusion, diffusion, effusion, elusion, exclusion, extrusion, illusion, inclusion, infusion, intrusion, Malthusian, obtrusion, occlusion, perfusion, prelusion, profusion, prolusion, protrusion, reclusion, seclusion, transfusion, Venusian
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