collude
verb (used without object)
to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.
colludes
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present tense formof collude (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Phosphate colludes with lipid molecules to encase every cell in an ever vigilant membrane that dictates what gets in and what must be kept out.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
His work explores the liminal space between interior and exterior worlds by stringing up a cat’s cradle of language in which his characters swing between memories, dreams, and reflections—an act in which the audience colludes.
From The New Yorker ● May 22, 2017
In his circles of hell, Dante gives it a harder time than lust, not least because it colludes with sins like envy and gluttony.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2016
But she also colludes in that secrecy, accepts it as the necessary condition on which she can know her mother.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2016
How is he to be punished or impeached if he colludes with any of these banks to embezzle the public money or defraud the government?
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Daniel Webster
