collusionnoun [ U ]
uk/kəˈluː.ʒən/us/kəˈluː.ʒən/formalagreement between people to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone:
It is thought that they worked in collusion with the terrorist network.
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Plotting & trapping
- be in league with sb idiom
- cahoots
- catch sb out
- chicanery
- cloak-and-dagger
- conspire
- entrap
- entrapment
- hatch
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- honey trap
- plot
- plotter
- put-up job
- scheme
- set-up
- snare
- sting
- stratagem
- trap
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collusive
adjective uk/kəˈluː.sɪv/us/kəˈluː.sɪv/
There was evidence of collusive behaviour between the banks.