And this impression of secret and collusive agencies was heightened by the vibration of the air above us, in which the shells from the batteries made furrows that were audible without being visible, as though the whole firmament were populated with disembodied spirits.
"Leaves from a Field Note-Book"
J. H. Morgan
Any officer making a collusive seizure or other fraud was to forfeit 500 pounds and his office.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
The Emperor declared irrevocable all the sales, that had been completed; and confirmed those, that had taken place subsequently to the decree, when it could be proved, that they were not collusive.
"Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I"
Pierre Antoine Edouard Fleury de Chaboulon