n .
conspiracy ; secret cooperation 공모 ; 은밀한 협조 (담합)

• The increase in oil price was the result of _____ by the oilproducing nations.
• There was _____ among the owners of the baseball team ; they agreed secretly not to sign any expensive free agents.
• If the baseball owners were in _____, then you could say that they had colluded. To collude is to conspire.