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collusion

[kuh-loo-zhuhn] / kəˈlu ʒən /


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Prosecutors said the detained person is "strongly suspected of having committed the offences, and that there is a risk of flight, destruction of evidence, and collusion with accomplices or witnesses".

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

France has vowed to abandon the so‑called "Francafrique" strategy, under which Paris sought to keep francophone Africa under its thumb through political collusion, exclusive access for French businesses and oblique financial deals, including graft.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

It’s also one of a pair of lawsuits filed by the attorneys accusing collusion by the carriers.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

Other municipalities, too, have filed lawsuits alleging collusion among fire-engine makers, including the city of La Crosse, Wis., and Augusta, Maine.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

The two men exchange a look—it seems to Yolanda—of collusion.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

He and Esper seem to have boosted each other’s morale through daily pep talks and whatever collusions they could manage.

From Slate Aug. 9, 2022

“I have had no contacts or collusions with the Russians,” he said.

From The Guardian May 19, 2017

The show follows the collisions and collusions within a group of Budapestians who devote their leisure time to dancing to Hungarian folk music.

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2017

Dr David Grimes, from Oxford University, devised an equation to express this, and then applied it to four famous collusions.

From BBC Jan. 26, 2016

You may perhaps render the theft of a penny actually impossible, but you cannot prevent the buying and selling of influence, the collusions of self-interest.

From Bureaucracy by Katharine Prescott Wormeley




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