Thesaurus results for COLLUSION

collusion

noun

kə-ˈlü-zhən

as in conspiracy

a secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose there was collusion between the two companies to fix prices

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Recent Examples of collusion Five officers with the Penn Hills Police Department filed a civil lawsuit against the township and several of its leaders, alleging corruption and collusion. —

Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 The Nobel Peace Prize laureate is serving a sentence of 13 years and nine months on charges including collusion against national security and propaganda against Iran’s government. —

Yarden Segev, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026 The Legislature must pass New York for All and other protections that make clear that New York will end collusion with ICE. —

Evangeline Chan, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026 The report, originally produced under then-Chairman Devin Nunes, examined the intelligence community’s handling of Russian collusion claims. —

Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for collusion

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Now, he's pardoned all of these people, despite the fact that they were convicted of violently assaulting police officers, conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States in seditious conspiracy, and so on.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 May 2026
Shannon Kurrie, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in the scheme earlier this month, according to the federal agency.

— Nick Lentz, CBS News, 16 May 2026