Cooperation and Collusion

Cooperation

Cooperation noun - The state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters).

Collusion and cooperation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Collusion" instead a noun "Cooperation".

Collusion

Collusion noun - A secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose.
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Synonyms for Collusion

Cooperation and collusion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cooperation" instead a noun "Collusion".

Nearby Words: collude, collusive, colluded, colluding

How words are described

tacit tacit cooperation tacit collusion
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