Etymology

collusion

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Today it means: A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation. Full definition →

Middle English collusioun ← Old French collusion ← Latin collusio
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  1. Latin · derived fromcollusio“act of colluding”
  2. Old French · derived fromcollusion
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcollusioun
  4. English todaycollusion

Dated from the 14th century C.E. as Middle English collusioun, collusion; from Old French collusion, from Latin collusio (“act of colluding”).

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