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2. (Bot.) Same as
Collar. Gray.

Col*lu"sion (?), n. [L.
collusio: cf. F. collusion. See Collude.]
1. A secret agreement and cooperation for a
fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's
hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.

The foxe, maister of collusion.

Spenser.

That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face
of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and
collusion.

Atterbury.

By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of
the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad
and the price excessive.

Swift.

2. (Law) An agreement between two
or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms
of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law.
Bouvier. Abbott.

Syn. -- Collusion, Connivance. A person
who is guilty of connivance intentionally overlooks, and
thus sanctions what he was bound to prevent. A person who is
guilty of collusion unites with others (playing into their
hands) for fraudulent purposes.


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