01 n. A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
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A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.“The foxe, maister of collusion.” — Spenser.“That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and collusion.” — Atterbury.“By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad and the price excessive.” — Swift.
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An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law.(Law)
Syn.
Collusion, Connivance.
A person who is guilty of connivance intentionally overlooks, and thus sanctions what he was bound to prevent. A person who is guilty of collusion unites with others (playing into their hands) for fraudulent purposes.