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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.

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collaborator, traitor, accomplice, plotter, sympathizer, deserter, double-crosser, turncoat, betrayer, defector, Judas, two-timer, subversive, highbinder, backstabber

Nearby words

  1. colloquial,
  2. colloquialism,
  3. colloquium,
  4. colloquy,
  5. collotype,
  6. collum,
  7. collun.,
  8. collunarium,
  9. collusion,
  10. collusive

Origin of collude

1515–25; (< Middle French) < Latin collūdere to play together, equivalent to col- col-1 + lūdere to play
Related formscol·lud·er, nounpre·col·lude, verb (used without object), pre·col·lud·ed, pre·col·lud·ing.
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British Dictionary definitions for colluder

collude

/ (kəˈluːd) /

verb

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

Word Origin for collude

C16: from Latin collūdere, literally: to play together, hence, conspire together, from com- together + lūdere to play
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for colluder

collude

v.

1520s, from Latin colludere "act collusively," literally "to play with" (see collusion). Related: Colluded; colluding.

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