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Collude

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; conspire.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to act in concert with; to conspire

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

verb-intransitive. To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To conspire in a fraud or deception; act in concert through a secret understanding; play into one another's hands. See collusion.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose

Word Usage

"The U.S. Department of Justice says it has launched a new investigation into price-fixing in the industry, examining whether record labels collude to keep up the price they charge online retailers, and whether those retailers are in on the scam."

Verb Form

colluded colludes colluding

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

interact

Form

colluded colluding

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

conspire scheme plot cahoots

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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