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collusion
a secret agreement for wrongdoing; participation in fraud
Long suspected of collusion in the transportation of illegal drugs, he was finally brought to justice through evidence obtained by an FBI agent posing as a cleaning lady.
Related English words: collude (to participate in a fraud; to act in collusion), colluder, collusive (involving collusion), collusiveness
Latin root words: conlusio,
conlusionis, f. - secret understanding; conludo, conludere, conlusi,
conlusus - to play together; to have a secret understanding; ludo,
ludere, lusi, lusus - to play; to mock |