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collusion

/kuh-loo-zhuhn/US // kəˈlu ʒən //UK // (kəˈluːʒən) //

合谋,共谋,勾结,串通

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy: Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him.
    • : Law. a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another of his or her rights, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement: collusion of husband and wife to obtain a divorce.

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Examples

  • Because of the complexity of working out whether specific pricing strategies or prices are the result of collusion, prosecutions have instead relied on communication between companies to establish guilt.

  • Such collusion of the banks with these companies restrict the offline traders from conducting smooth business.

  • If someone else takes the test on the same network — say, in a dorm building — it’s potential “exam collusion.”

  • Germany’s biggest daily newspaper, Bild, published an editorial arguing that Merkel’s rhetoric on Russia was meaningless as long as she continued to work “in collusion with Putin” on the pipeline.

  • Police failed to arrive in time to stop the violent assault, and officers were later seen chatting hands-on-shoulder with some of the suspected attackers, fueling widespread suspicions of collusion.

  • Every 10 years, after the Census, legislators get together and draw district lines in collusion.

  • They see collusion and deception and they say Ankara is determined to subjugate them.

  • In terms of dealing with “talent,” collusion is not the only way the Valley oligarchs work to keep wages down.

  • Over investment, under consumption; oversaving, undervaluing currency, plus collusion between state and business.

  • This was a matter of routine in a sport with a culture of collusion and cheating.

  • Robertet brought the required documents, showing a devotion which might be called collusion.

  • Plaster and enormous spiders dropped (not, of course in collusion) from the ceilings in the dark.

  • The hired advocate may calumniate as he will, but he can show no collusion or connivance on your part.

  • Being twins, we are much alike and always under suspicion of what Uncle John used to call “collusion.”

  • Twelve dozen, solid silver and teaset to match, bought without consulting us, by your two rich bachelor uncles in collusion.