criminal collusion

The prisoners involved were by now in criminal collusion to protect each other.

They are being charged with "criminal collusion for the purpose of seizing power and overthrowing the lawfully elected leadership of the republic" in May, Itar-Tass said, quoting the prosecutor's spokesman.

In a city rife with police indifference and, worse, blatant criminal collusion, Mark Arax is forced to ask if playing informant was an act of community-spirited virtue or an arrogant na vet.

Mr. Giuliani told the Senate Banking Committee in hearings today that his office and the S.E.C. were investigating at least one case that involved criminal collusion by various investors or firms on Wall Street.