Since you ask the question, it looks rather like collusion.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
Once, in the early days of his career, he fell into the clutches of the police, satisfying the superstitious ones that he was really a being of flesh and blood, but an amazing escape a few days later revived the gossip of a rogue who was in collusion with evil spirits.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
I have proof that John Tournay is responsible for the death of two men, in an action involving criminal collusion.
"Wheels Within"
Charles V. De Vet