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collusion 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/kəˈlo͞oZHən/,
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Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, esp. in order to cheat or deceive others,
  1. Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, esp. in order to cheat or deceive others
    • - the armed forces were working in collusion with drug traffickers
    • - collusion between media owners and political leaders
  2. Such cooperation or conspiracy, esp. between ostensible opponents in a lawsuit

  1. secret agreement
  2. connivance: agreement on a secret plot
  3. (collude) conspire: act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose; "The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall"
  4. Collusion is an agreement between two or more persons, sometimes illegal and therefore secretive, to limit open competition by deceiving, misleading, or defrauding others of their legal rights, or to obtain an objective forbidden by law typically by defrauding or gaining an unfair advantage. ...
  5. Collusion is the limited debut EP by British metalcore supergroup This Is Menace.
  6. (collude) to act in concert with; to conspire
  7. The action of two or more people to break the law.
  8. The unlawful practice whereby two or more people agree not to bid against one another so as to deflate value or when the auctioneer accepts a fictitious bid on behalf of the seller so as to manipulate or inflate the price of the property.
  9. When two or more players conspire to cheat in a poker game.
  10. A form of cheating involving cooperation among two or more players. See cheating in poker.
  11. A form of cheating where two or more players attempt to gain an unfair advantage by sharing information. We do not tolerate cheating.
  12. A secret agreement between persons to defraud another, e.g., an insured driver of an automobile and his passenger may misrepresent the facts of an accident in order to have monies paid to the passenger under the insured's automobile insurance policy.
  13. A secret agreement between two or more persons, who seem to have conflicting interests, to abuse the law or the legal system, deceive a court or to defraud a third party. For example, if the partners in a marriage agree to lie about the duration of their separation in order to secure a divorce.
  14. An agreement between persons to commit insurance fraud.
  15. Collusion is a form of cheating. Players will work in a team to try to gain an advantage over the other players. They will somehow signal to each other what their cards are. They will then use this information to gain an unfair advantage. Collusion is illegal. ...
  16. Collusion is a form of plagiarism It can occur when there is inappropriate collaboration during group work. It usually involves working with someone else to produce work that is presented as your own independent work. ...
  17. An improper agreement usually described in the context of an agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant.
  18. Cooperation among firms to raise price and otherwise increase their profits.
  19. Copying the work of another student, having another person write one’s assignments, or allowing another student to borrow one’s work.
  20. Price determination by oligopolists which is coordinated and aims to avoid the danger of price wars breaking out or agreements between businesses designed to reduce competition.
  21. "any form of joint effort, between students, or between students and other persons, intended to deceive an assessor as to who was actually responsible for producing the material submitted for assessment". (University of Western Sydney 2000).
  22. An agreement (usually secret) among mostly oligopolistic competing firms in an industry to control the market, raise the market price, and otherwise act like a monopoly.
  23. Two coaches working together to win a league.
  24. An agreement to do something with another person towards a usually illegal goal. In family law, the court must satisfy itself that there has been no collusion between the parties as to a ground of divorce before a divorce order will be made. ...
  25. When two or more people conspire to restrain trade by artificially “fixing” bids in an auction. This can occur when bidders agree not to bid against one another so as to depress selling prices, or when an auctioneer and one or more others agree to try and artificially increase selling prices. ...