Words / C / Law

collusive

/kəˈluːsɪv/

C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law adjective

Involving secret cooperation for a deceitful or fraudulent purpose.

The transaction was collusive, staged solely to put the assets beyond the creditors' reach.

Similar: conspiratorial, fraudulent

Topic: Evidence & procedure in Legal English

Business adjective

Involving secret cooperation between parties to defeat a control or commit fraud.

Collusive arrangements between the buyer and a supplier defeated even the segregation of duties.

Similar: conspiratorial

Topic: Accounting 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 collusive 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: Evidence & procedure