The act of trading players (in secret) in a fantasy league, so that you "stack" a certain team, to benefit one of the managers so that this team becomes a dominant force, also know as conniving. By the way I did it, it's illgeal to do.
by Nicholas K. April 22, 2006
by michael jamison November 6, 2018
An act performed by fantasy football participants wherein two teams conspire to help one team win by pulling shenanigans such as lopsided trades or dropping a great player when the other party has waiver wire priority. It is truly the lowest form of human behavior.
Team 1: Hey, I'll trade you my backup QB for your best wide receiver and when I win the championship, we'll split the money!
Team 2: Okay, collusion sounds good since I'm 3-7 anyway.
Team 2: Okay, collusion sounds good since I'm 3-7 anyway.
by Misty Yazzerstein November 21, 2013
Behavior by any individual or entity which conspires, attempts or ultimately serves to coordinate, reinforce or achieve outcomes desired by a separate individual or entity. The term is most often understood relative to scenarios in which the natural outcome would have been different had the collusion not occurred.
For example: When actors from a foreign, enemy nation generate false and derogatory narratives or stories designed to exploit social divisions, sway elections and undermine the political institutions of a second sovereign nation, and a third party actor then espouses and advances those false narratives or stories, the later party is guilty of acting in collusion with the former in advancement of their goals.
Expanding on the above example, the obligation to avoid engaging in such collusion increases relative to the position of authority held by the offending party - as does the risk of such collusion constituting a criminal act. This is the case in part because of oaths those officials take to uphold the sanctity of public trust, but also because they are often uniquely privy to the very evidence which debunks the narratives, identifies their origin and indicates their nefarious intent. Perpetuating such false and derogatory narratives or stories in disregard of such evidence therefore renders the collusion "willful."
For example: When actors from a foreign, enemy nation generate false and derogatory narratives or stories designed to exploit social divisions, sway elections and undermine the political institutions of a second sovereign nation, and a third party actor then espouses and advances those false narratives or stories, the later party is guilty of acting in collusion with the former in advancement of their goals.
Expanding on the above example, the obligation to avoid engaging in such collusion increases relative to the position of authority held by the offending party - as does the risk of such collusion constituting a criminal act. This is the case in part because of oaths those officials take to uphold the sanctity of public trust, but also because they are often uniquely privy to the very evidence which debunks the narratives, identifies their origin and indicates their nefarious intent. Perpetuating such false and derogatory narratives or stories in disregard of such evidence therefore renders the collusion "willful."
"The arrogant and corrupt politician was so deluded by his misplaced sense of entitlement and intellectual superiority, he failed to recognize that publicly questioning the veracity and impartiality of his own intelligence agencies not only constituted obstruction of justice, but was in itself a clear, demonstrable and self-evident act of collusion."
by The Real Donald Truth December 18, 2018
On Lucy 's Birthday, her mates were exceptionally collusive in recruiting a sex worker for her celebrations.
by Ubereatsyouout May 12, 2017
Even though their core ideologies couldn't have been more different, the two adversaries decided that collusion was their only real chance to prevent the rise of yet another icon spawned from an antiquated political system.
by This_Is_My_Handle December 8, 2018
A proposition of ontologistics (historical aestheticism) that scapegoating never disappears it merely switches references (contra-referentializes).
A postulation of historical aestheticism that argues that the West escaped institutional religious superstition ie. scapegoating by the employment of racial scapegoating eg. colonialism.
Implies that rationalism can never fully escape religion.
A postulation of historical aestheticism that argues that the West escaped institutional religious superstition ie. scapegoating by the employment of racial scapegoating eg. colonialism.
Implies that rationalism can never fully escape religion.
by sandrashine September 3, 2018