collude

[ kuh-lood ]

/ kəˈlud /

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verb (used without object), col·lud·ed, col·lud·ing.

to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.

to conspire in a fraud.

Nearby words

colloquial, colloquialism, colloquium, colloquy, collotype, collude, collum, collun., collunarium, collusion, collusive

Origin of collude

1515–25; (< Middle French) < Latin collūdere to play together, equivalent to col- col-¹ + lūdere to play

Related forms

col·lud·er, nounpre·col·lude, verb (used without object), pre·col·lud·ed, pre·col·lud·ing.

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Examples from the Web for collude

Collusive labor makes it easier for employers to collude to extract maximum rents from customers.
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Nor, Cortazzo said, did he collude with the geologist to rip off Roy.
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I argued that when markets are free, and when government does not collude with business, greed is useful.
Fitting In at Fox|Lloyd Grove|December 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Associated words: collude, collusion, collusive, connivance.
Putnam's Word Book|Louis A. Flemming

British Dictionary definitions for collude

collude

/ (kəˈluːd) /

verb

(intr) to conspire together, esp in planning a fraud; connive

Derived Forms

colluder, noun

Word Origin for collude

C16: from Latin collūdere, literally: to play together, hence, conspire together, from com- together + lūdere to play

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