thông đồng
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Definition
- Verb:
- To be in collusion, to conspire: To secretly agree or cooperate with someone, typically to do something illegal, dishonest, or harmful.
- To be in league, to connive: To work together in a secret or underhanded way to achieve a shared, often illicit, goal.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Hai nhân viên đó bị cáo buộc thông đồng để ăn cắp dữ liệu. (Those two employees are accused of being in collusion to steal data.)
- Kẻ buôn lậu thông đồng với một số quan chức hải quan. (The smuggler is in league with some customs officials.)
- Họ bị phát hiện đã thông đồng với nhau để thao túng giá thầu. (They were discovered to have conspired to rig the bidding process.)
Advanced Usage
"thông đồng với": to collude with, to be in cahoots with.
- Công ty đó bị điều tra vì nghi ngờ thông đồng với đối thủ. (That company is under investigation for suspected collusion with a competitor.)
"sự thông đồng" (noun form): collusion, conspiracy.
- Sự thông đồng giữa họ đã bị phơi bày. (The collusion between them was exposed.)
Variants and Related Words
Cấu kết (verb): To ally, to collude (often implies a stronger, more formalized secret alliance).
- Hai băng đảng cấu kết với nhau. (The two gangs allied with each other.)
Đồng lõa (verb/noun): To be an accomplice; an accomplice.
- Anh ta bị buộc tội đồng lõa trong vụ trộm. (He was charged as an accomplice in the theft.)
Synonyms
- Mưu mô (verb): To plot, to scheme.
- Thông lưng (verb, informal): To work hand in glove, to collude (often used in a corrupt context).
Related Phrases/Idioms
- "Thông đồng bén giọt": To be in perfect collusion; to work together seamlessly (often for a bad purpose). This idiom describes a situation where the conspirators understand each other so well that their cooperation is smooth and efficient.
- Bọn chúng thông đồng bén giọt với nhau, khiến việc điều tra gặp nhiều khó khăn. (They are in perfect collusion with each other, making the investigation very difficult.)
verb
- to be in collusion, to compromise, to be in league