collusion

English

Etymology

Dated from the 14th century CE as Middle English collusioun, collusion; from Old French collusion, from Latin collusionem (“act of colluding”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈluːʒən/
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Noun

collusion (countable and uncountable, plural collusions)

  1. A secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy.
    • 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
      The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.

Translations

References
  • “collusion” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Middle English

Noun

collusion

  1. Alternative form of collusioun
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