Words / C / Law

collusion

/kəˈluːʒən/

B1CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

A secret agreement to deceive or defraud.

Regulators alleged collusion to fix prices.

Similar: conspiracy, connivance

Origin: Latin colludere 'to play together'.

Topic: Criminal law in Legal English

Business noun

Secret cooperation between firms to limit competition, typically by coordinating prices or output.

Regulators fined the suppliers heavily after uncovering years of collusion over bid prices.

Topic: Economics in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

Get words like collusion on your lock screen, a few a day, with review that makes them stick.

Download on the App Store Lexfall puts a new word on your home and lock screen through widgets, so you learn without opening an app. Free to download. After a free trial, a subscription unlocks every field. Built for iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
QR code that opens Lexfall on the App Store
On a computer?Scan with your iPhone camera.

More law words: Criminal law