collusion

noun
🔊/kəˈluːʒn/
🔊/kəˈluːʒn/
[uncountable] (formal, disapproving)
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  1. secret agreement especially in order to do something dishonest or to trick people密谋;勾结;串通
    • in collusion with somebody The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers.警察腐败,与毒品贩子内外勾结。🔊🔊
    • collusion (between A and B) There was collusion between the two witnesses (= they gave the same false evidence).两个证人串通作伪证。🔊🔊
    Topics Discussion and agreementc2, Crime and punishmentc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin collusio(n-), from colludere ‘have a secret agreement’, from col- ‘together’ + ludere ‘to play’.