as in conspiracies
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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conspiracies
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Prosecutors accused Peters of stealing a Mesa County employee's security badge to help a man gain access to the county's voter systems to prove false conspiracies about the validity of the 2020 election results.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026 -
There is obviously a lot more going on, so leave your conspiracies and guesses to yourselves.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Collusions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusions. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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