| Main Entry: |
collusion |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
secret understanding, often with intent to defraud |
Synonyms: |
bait and switch, bill of goods, bunco, cahoots,
complicity, con game, connivance,
conspiracy,
craft,
deceit, diddling,
dodge, double-cross, fast shuffle, flam, flimflam, fradulent artifice, graft,
guilt, guiltiness, gyp,
intrigue,
plot, racket,
scam,
scheme, shell game, skunk,
sting*,
trick, whitewash
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| 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) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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