as in conspiracy
a secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose
there was collusion between the two companies to fix prices
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Recent Examples of collusion
What do the lawsuits cite as evidence of collusion?
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
The day would have gone even longer, but no Republican rose to defend the blueprint or to refute Democrats’ claims of self-dealing, collusion, violations of congressional order, or harms to the environment, the economy, and to communities around the country.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2025
The prevalence of child predators who track kids online is well documented, as is the collusion of parents who sell pornographic images of their children, and even their used leotards, online.
—Maggie Shannon, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Funny enough, those negotiations are part of a fascinating document just published this week by Pablo Torre regarding collusion charges levied against the NFL by the NFL Players Association.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
The day would have gone even longer, but no Republican rose to defend the blueprint or to refute Democrats’ claims of self-dealing, collusion, violations of congressional order, or harms to the environment, the economy, and to communities around the country.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2025
The prevalence of child predators who track kids online is well documented, as is the collusion of parents who sell pornographic images of their children, and even their used leotards, online.
—Maggie Shannon, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Funny enough, those negotiations are part of a fascinating document just published this week by Pablo Torre regarding collusion charges levied against the NFL by the NFL Players Association.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collusion
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Kingston will receive his sentence on Aug. 28, just under five months after he and his 63-year-old mother were found guilty of four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
24 July 2025
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In November, Vaillant was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 4.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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During that time, the party promoted historical narratives about Polish victimhood and resistance to the Nazis, while delegitimizing research on Polish antisemitism or Poles who killed Jews, and even passed a law that outlawed accusing Poland or the Polish people of complicity in Nazi crimes.—
Shira Li Bartov,
Sun Sentinel,
22 July 2025
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Silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality, it's called complicity.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
17 July 2025
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“Collusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusion. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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