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Collusion - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Collusion : (noun)
1: secret agreement
2: agreement on a secret plot [syn: connivance]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Collusion : \Col*lu"sion\, n. [L. collusio: cf. F. collusion. See
Collude.]
1. 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.
2. (Law) 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. --Bouvier. Abbott.
Syn: Collusion, Connivance.
Usage: 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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COLLUSION, fraud. 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; as, for example, where the husband and wife collude to obtain a
divorce for a cause not authorized by law. It is nearly synonymous with
@covin. (q.v.)
2.Collusion : and fraud of every kind vitiate all acts which are
infected with them, and render them void. Vide Shelf. on Mar. & Div. 416,
450; 3 Hagg. Eccl. R. 130, 133; 2 Greenl. Ev. Sec. 51; Bousq. Dict. de Dr.
mot Abordage.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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