Adjective : a collusive agreement to increase prices. From Dictionary.com.
"collusive" agreements, and unveiled a new button on its website. From Wordnik.com. [BNET Articles] Reference
Indeed, it constitutes dangerous collusive behavior. From Wordnik.com. [A Government Failure, Not a Market Failure] Reference
Of course, the media has been fully collusive in these affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Shaw: Reading the Pictures: Model Candidates] Reference
The "single payer" is that collusive cabal of insurance companies. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Franken: Change Before Depression] Reference
On the other hand, the owners have a history of collusive practices. From Wordnik.com. [Arn Tellem: After the Flood] Reference
But in a concentrated market, there doesn't need to be any collusive activity. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Weissman: Big Oil and the Price at the Pump] Reference
They have established a collusive procedure for cheating the public of a fair return. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Administrative Officials On The Budget] Reference
These are excessive numbers, but there is nothing that is collusive happening out there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2006] Reference
South African banks to extend their collusive practices to the banking market for the poor. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
In the back-ground are two collusive associates, eagerly dividing the profits of the evening. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
Ingram Critical Care, owned by Tiger Brands, with a R35-million fine for collusive tendering. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Without antitrust immunity, jointly setting prices and capacity would be considered collusive. From Wordnik.com. [Delta, Northwest Cleared] Reference
Moreover, Japan isn't likely to revert to the collusive and anticompetitive policies of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Road Ahead] Reference
If such behavior were considered collusive, it could pique the interest of the Justice Department. From Wordnik.com. [Justice's Antitrust Revival Adds a Risk for Jittery Investors] Reference
R53-million by the Competition Commission after admitting to "collusive tendering" over a 14-year period. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
On the contrary, the protection of speech renders all silence at least partly collusive and partly defiant. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Meserole: Silence and the Public Sphere] Reference
Without antitrust immunity, the data and revenues shared on the routes would normally be considered collusive. From Wordnik.com. [Rules Eased for Airline Alliance] Reference
By October 2005, INT had discovered 35 instances of collusive bidding involving 16 companies working as a cartel. From Wordnik.com. [Two Cheers for Bob Zoellick] Reference
It provided a piercing glimpse into the clubby, collusive world of Japan Inc. -or so many foreign critics thought. From Wordnik.com. [Is The Game Rigged?] Reference
The truth is not nefarious nor malicious nor collusive; it's actually a pretty clear case of Capitalism in action. From Wordnik.com. [DNC, Goldman Sachs, others bidding to buy Google search term 'Goldman Sachs SEC'] Reference
These days collusive price fixing (or gouging), rising costs everywhere, flatline wages, and offshore jobs are the norm. From Wordnik.com. [Vanessa Edwards Foster: Transgender Delegate Blogging: Clinging To Hope For A Post-Bush National Recovery] Reference
"AICC and its competitors were involved in collusive tendering ... in the state tender for intravenous medical products". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Cabinet is concerned about "collusive behaviour" in the food industry, government communications head Themba Maseko said on. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The free market, rather than a collusive arrangement of the 32 owners, will determine what unrestricted free agents will be paid. From Wordnik.com. [Difficult Labor Days Ahead] Reference
In rulings, he cited Alfa's affiliates for a history of "vexatious and collusive" litigation and failure to comply with court orders. From Wordnik.com. [Russia Raises Legal Pressure on Telenor] Reference
Companies can be fined up to 10% of their annual revenue if found guilty of taking part in price-fixing and other collusive activities. From Wordnik.com. [EU Cartel Probe Targets Firms] Reference
"This was the first successful application in terms of this policy and demonstrates the benefit it has in exposing collusive behaviour.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Also tonight, the Fort Hood wounded, the heroes, the doctors in their own words talking with 360 M.D. D.. Sanjay Gupta -- a 360 collusive. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2009] Reference
These arrangements will require the U.S. government to grant them antitrust immunity; otherwise such cooperation would be deemed collusive. From Wordnik.com. [UAL and Continental Pair, but Won't Merge] Reference
Such arrangements, in which airlines feed each other passengers, aren't allowed to involve fares or capacity because that would be collusive. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Cleared to Join Airline Pact] Reference
The agreements, especially when fortified by antitrust immunity, enable airlines to act in ways that would otherwise be considered collusive. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Wins Nod to Join Star Alliance] Reference
During his tenure, Japan's LDP established its so-called Iron Triangle, a collusive alliance between politicians, bureaucrats and big business. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel With A Cause] Reference
Around 2003 the bank noticed that something was amiss and opened a lengthy investigation that uncovered multiple instances of collusive bidding. From Wordnik.com. [World Bank Responsibility] Reference
For example, let's say it is discovered that a lender (loan officer at a lender) is being collusive with an appraiser that is on OUR (WAMU) panel. From Wordnik.com. [E-Mail Excerpts in eAppraiseIT Case] Reference
He can rationalize away all the deceitful, collusive, unprincipled things he does, dismiss them from his mind once they'd accomplished their purpose. From Wordnik.com. [the ship who sang]
The Sepoy looked his questioner directly in the eyes, with a glance that was subtle in its insinuation and eloquent of collusive suggestion, and replied. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
Urgent action is required in this regard includes strengthening legislation to criminalise collusive behaviour, including price fixing in the food sector. From Wordnik.com. [DECLARATION OF THE ALLIANCE SUMMIT] Reference
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