COLLUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collusion mean? 

• COLLUSION (noun)
  The noun COLLUSION has 2 senses:

1. secret agreement

2. agreement on a secret plot

  Familiarity information: COLLUSION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLUSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Secret agreement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("collusion" is a kind of...):

agreement; arrangement (the thing arranged or agreed to)

Derivation:

collude (act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Agreement on a secret plot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

collusion; connivance

Hypernyms ("collusion" is a kind of...):

agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collusion"):

cahoot (collusion)

Derivation:

collude (act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose)

 Context examples 

They are both written in good faith, I have no doubt, and without any collusion.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)