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collusion - 7 thesaurus results
Main Entry: collusion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: secret understanding, often with intent to defraud
Synonyms: bill of goods*, cahoots*, complicity, con game*, conspiracy, craft, deceit, dodge, double-cross, flimflam*, graft, guilt, gyp, intrigue, plot, racket, scam, scheme, shell game*, skunk*, sting*, trick, whitewash, bait and switch, bunco, connivance, diddling, fast shuffle, flam, fradulent artifice, guiltiness
Notes: cooperation is always positive, collaboration is positive except in wartime (working with the enemy), and collusion is always negative (working together in secret for a dishonest purpose)
Main Entry: cahoots
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conspiracy
Synonyms: alliance, collusion, league, partnership
Main Entry: collaboration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cooperation
Synonyms: alliance, association, collusion, combination, concert, participation, partnership, teamwork, fraternization, joint effort, working together
Antonyms: noncooperation
Main Entry: complicity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conspiracy
Synonyms: agreement, collaboration, collusion, concurrence, confederacy, engineering, guilt, implication, intrigue, involvement, machination, manipulation, partnership, abetment, complot, connivance, guiltiness
Antonyms: ignorance, innocence, refusal, noninvolvement
Main Entry: intrigue
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: scheme
Synonyms: artifice, cabal, chicanery, collusion, complication, conspiracy, contrivance, deal, design, dodge, double-dealing*, fix, fraud, game, graft, machination, maneuver, manipulation, plan, plot, ruse, stratagem, trickery, wile, frame-up, hookup, little game
Main Entry: plot
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plan, scheme
Synonyms: artifice, booby trap*, cabal, collusion, complicity, conspiracy, contrivance, design, device, fix, frame, game, intrigue, machination, maneuver, practice, ruse, scam, setup, stratagem, trick, connivance, conniving, covin, frame-up, little game
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