in the civil law, is where the informer colludes with the defendants, and so makes only a sham prosecution.

in our laws, is when a man falsely seems to undertake a thing, with intention that he may destroy it; where a lawyer pleads bounty, or acts by Prevarication collusion, &c.

It also denotes a secret abuse committed in the exercise of a public office, or of a commission given by a private person.