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price-fixing  

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  • Price-fixing is an illegal act whereby two or more companies in presumed competition with one another conspire to set or fix prices for a good or service in an attempt to maximize profits. Competitors agree to manipulate prices, thereby forcing consumers to pay artificially inflated costs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime & Justice; Price-Fixing]

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