collusion
noun/kəˈluʒən/
Frequency rank: #8,284 most common English word
Meaning
a secret agreement between people or groups to do something dishonest or illegal.
Example sentence
The investigation revealed that the two companies had been acting in collusion to fix prices illegally.
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