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Noun [English]

IPA: /kəˈluːʒən/ Audio: en-us-collusion.ogg [US] Forms: collusions [plural]
Etymology: Dated from the 14th century C.E. as Middle English collusioun, collusion; from Old French collusion, from Latin collusio (“act of colluding”). Etymology templates: {{C.E.}} C.E., {{inh|en|enm|collusioun}} Middle English collusioun, {{m|enm|collusion}} collusion, {{der|en|fro|collusion}} Old French collusion, {{l|en|colluding}} colluding, {{der|en|la|collusio||act of colluding}} Latin collusio (“act of colluding”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} collusion (countable and uncountable, plural collusions)
  1. A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (between competitors): दुरभिसंधि (durbhisandhi) (Hindi)
    Sense id: en-collusion-en-noun-e4dlXdiC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'between competitors': 98 2
  2. A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Corruption Translations (conspiracy): تَوَاطُؤ (tawāṭuʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), sözləşmə (Azerbaijani), saziş (Azerbaijani), sövdələşmə (Azerbaijani), та́йно споразуме́ние (tájno sporazuménie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), конспира́ция (konspirácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), съглаша́телство (sǎglašátelstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), col·lusió [feminine] (Catalan), 共謀 (Chinese Mandarin), 共谋 (gòngmóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 陰謀 (Chinese Mandarin), 阴谋 (yīnmóu) (Chinese Mandarin), koluze [feminine] (Czech), collusie [feminine] (Dutch), samenzwering [feminine] (Dutch), samenspanning [feminine] (Dutch), koluzio (Esperanto), salaliitto (Finnish), collusion [feminine] (French), შეთქმულება (šetkmuleba) (Georgian), geheimes Einverständnis [neuter] (German), Verschwörung [feminine] (German), Kollusion [feminine] (German), συνωμοσία (synomosía) [feminine] (Greek), συμπαιγνία (sympaignía) [feminine] (Greek), συνεννόηση (synennóisi) [feminine] (Greek), קנוניה (knunyá) [feminine] (Hebrew), मिलीभगत (milībhgat) [feminine] (Hindi), összeesküvés (Hungarian), koluziono (Ido), kolusi (Indonesian), 共謀 (kyōbō) (alt: きょうぼう) (Japanese), 공모 (gongmo) (Korean), collusio [feminine] (Latin), subahat (Malay), collusioun (Middle English), سازش (sâzeš) (Persian), zmowa [feminine] (Polish), colusão [feminine] (Portuguese), coluziune [feminine] (Romanian), complicitate [feminine] (Romanian), та́йное соглаше́ние (tájnoje soglašénije) [neuter] (Russian), сго́вор (sgóvor) [masculine] (Russian), за́говор (zágovor) [masculine] (Russian), colusión [feminine] (Spanish), contubernio [masculine] (Spanish), complot [masculine] (Spanish), maskopi [common-gender] (Swedish), таємна умова (tajemna umova) [feminine] (Ukrainian), таємна домовленість (tajemna domovlenistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-collusion-en-noun-lIQnjgaC Disambiguation of 'conspiracy': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tacit collusion Related terms: collude

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-collusion.wav Forms: collusions [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} collusion f (plural collusions)
  1. collusion Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-collusion-fr-noun-e4kTlBvW Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} collusion
  1. Alternative form of collusioun Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: collusioun
    Sense id: en-collusion-enm-noun-WzxLJm3k Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18",
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