collusion

3 definitions • 4 examples

agreement between people to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone:

in collusion with It is thought that they worked in collusion with the terrorist network.

agreement, esp. in secret for an illegal or dishonest reason:

The companies were accused of acting in collusion to fix prices.

the act of doing something secret or illegal with another person, company, etc. in order to deceive people:

There have been allegations of collusion between/among fund managers.

An appraiser sometimes acts in collusion with a borrower and provides a misleading appraisal report to the lender.