意味一覧 (2件)
共謀
解説 Definition
共謀とは、不正な目的を達成するために複数の人が秘密裏に協力して計画を立てることを指します。詐欺や不正取引などの犯罪行為において、関係者間で密かに結託することを表します。法的な文脈では重大な問題として扱われます。
Collusion is secret cooperation between people or groups in order to do something dishonest or unfair. It is often used in business, politics, or legal contexts, for example when competitors work together in a harmful way. The word usually has a negative meaning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
collusion を「共謀」で覚えるときは、単なる協力ではなく、不正な目的のために複数の人や組織が秘密に結びつくことに注目します。co-/col- は「一緒に」の感覚を持つので、collaboration「協力」と形は近いですが、collusion は隠れた悪い協力です。fraud, election interference, illegal deal など、詐欺・選挙介入・不正取引の文脈で出やすい語です。
Collusion is secret cooperation for a dishonest purpose. The beginning co-/col- suggests “together,” but the word has a negative meaning, unlike collaboration. It often appears in news or legal contexts such as fraud, election interference, or illegal deals.
例文
The executives were accused of collusion to fix prices in the market.
幹部たちは市場での価格操作に共謀したとして告発された。
Investigators found evidence of collusion between the two rival companies.
調査員は2つの競合企業間の共謀の証拠を発見した。
The election commission launched an inquiry into alleged collusion with foreign entities.
選挙委員会は外国組織との共謀疑惑について調査を開始した。
談合
(意味 2)解説 Definition
collusion は、企業や業者などが本来は競争すべき価格・入札条件・市場分担を秘密に取り決める「談合」を指します。ビジネス、入札、独占禁止法、ニュース記事で使われ、不公正な競争を生む否定的な語です。
Collusion is a secret and dishonest agreement between companies, sellers, or other groups that should compete with each other. It often means they work together to fix prices, control bids, or divide the market instead of competing fairly. The word is common in business, public bidding, antitrust law, and news reports, and it has a strongly negative meaning because it harms fair competition.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
collusion は co-/col-「共に」から、複数の相手が裏で一緒に動くイメージを持つと覚えやすいです。ただし collaboration のような良い協力ではなく、競争相手どうしが価格や入札をこっそり合わせる不正な協力です。price collusion, collusion among firms, collusion in bidding の形で、企業・市場・規制当局の文脈に出やすい語として押さえましょう。
Think of the prefix co- or col- as meaning "together." In collusion, people or companies move together behind the scenes, but not in a good way like collaboration. Use this image to remember secret cooperation between competitors, especially in phrases like price collusion, collusion among firms, and collusion in bidding.
例文
The investigation found clear evidence of collusion among construction firms in the bidding process.
調査では、建設会社どうしの入札談合を示す明確な証拠が見つかった。
Consumers paid higher prices because of collusion between the major suppliers.
大手供給業者の談合のせいで、消費者はより高い価格を払うことになった。
The regulator warned that even informal collusion can damage trust in the market.
規制当局は、非公式な談合であっても市場への信頼を損なうと警告した。
collusion の語源・成り立ち Etymology
collusion はラテン語 colludere にさかのぼり、col-「共に」+ ludere「遊ぶ」から成ります。もとは「一緒に芝居を打つ」感覚で、そこから口裏合わせや不正な共謀の意味へ進んだと考えると納得しやすいです。関連語は allude、ludicrous。
Collusion comes from Latin colludere, made from col- "together" and ludere "to play." The original image was of people playing together or acting together, almost like staging something. From that, the meaning shifted to secret cooperation and dishonest agreement; the same Latin root appears in words like allude and ludicrous.
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