Collusion: meaning in English

Collusion – definition

noun
Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy in order to deceive others.
Usage examples:
The armed forces were working in collusion with drug traffickers
Synonims:
Conspiracy Connivance Complicity Intrigue Plotting Secret understanding Collaboration Scheming

noun
Agreement, esp. in secret for an illegal or dishonest reason
Usage examples:
The companies were accused of acting in collusion to fix prices.

noun
The act of doing something secret or illegal with another person, company, etc. in order to deceive people
Usage examples:
There have been allegations of collusion between/among fund managers., an appraiser sometimes acts …

Collusion translation into English

Collusion: translate from English into Chinese

共谋

Collusion: translate from English into Dutch

Samenzwering, Geheime verstandhouding

Collusion: translate from English into French

Connivence, Complicité

Collusion: translate from English into German

Absprache, Kollusion, Geheimes einverständnis, Verabredung

Collusion: translate from English into Hindi

आपसी साँठ - गाँठ, मिलीभगत, अभिसंधि, कपटसंधि, कूटसंधि, दुरभिसंधि

Collusion: translate from English into Italian

Collusione

Collusion: translate from English into Korean

공모, 통모

Collusion: translate from English into Russian

Сговор, Тайный сговор, Тайное соглашение

Collusion: translate from English into Spanish

Colusión, Confabulación

Word origin

late Middle English: from Latin collusio(n- ), from colludere ‘have a secret agreement’ (see collude).

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Collusion – similar words

collusive

adjective
Involving secret or unlawful cooperation aimed at deceiving or gaining an advantage over others.
Usage examples:
The companies' collusive behaviour enabled them to charge higher prices

Collusive - all meanings in English

Collusion synonims

collaboration

noun
The action of working with someone to produce something.
Usage examples:
He wrote a book in collaboration with his son

noun
The act of working together with other people or organizations to create or achieve something
Usage examples:
(a) collaboration between the new airport is the result of a collaboration between two of the best …

Collaboration - all meanings in English

complicity

noun
The fact or condition of being involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong.
Usage examples:
He is accused of complicity in a large-scale bribery scheme

noun
Involvement with others in a crime or in another activity that is wrong

Complicity - all meanings in English

connivance

noun
Willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act.
Usage examples:
This infringement of the law had taken place with the connivance of officials

noun
The act of conniving, especially by knowing that something bad is happening and allowing it to continue
Usage examples:
Their appalling treatment of their child could only have happened with the connivance of their neig…

Connivance - all meanings in English

conspiracy

noun
A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.
Usage examples:
She served five years in prison for taking part in a conspiracy to sell stolen art works

Conspiracy - all meanings in English

intrigue

verb
Arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate.
Usage examples:
I was intrigued by your question

noun
The secret planning of something illicit or detrimental.
Usage examples:
The cabinet was a nest of intrigue

verb
To interest someone, often because of an unusual or unexpected quality
Usage examples:
I was intrigued by his slow, deliberate way of talking and the serious look in his eyes., she has w…

Intrigue - all meanings in English

plotting

verb
Secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action).
Usage examples:
The two men are serving sentences for plotting a bomb campaign

noun
A plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.
Usage examples:
They have been jailed for their part in a plot to defraud a swiss bank

noun
The main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Usage examples:
The plot consists almost entirely of a man and woman falling in love

Plotting - all meanings in English

scheming

ˈskiː.mɪŋ

adjective
Given to or involved in making secret and underhand plans.
Usage examples:
They had mean, scheming little minds

noun
The activity or practice of making secret and underhand plans.
Usage examples:
His own colleagues accused him of scheming

verb
Make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.

Scheming - all meanings in English

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