collude

[kuh-lood]

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.

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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Related Words for colluding

connive, plot, intrigue

Examples from the Web for colluding

Contemporary Examples of colluding

Question them, and you are colluding in exacerbating the awful effects of their trauma.
What the U-VA Rape Case Tells Us About a Victim Culture Gone Mad
Lizzie Crocker
December 6, 2014
Whitehouse noted that Inhofe charged that government agencies had been “colluding” to peddle climate-change threats.
If You Think D.C. Is Awful Now, Wait Until Wednesday
Jonathan Alter
November 4, 2014
“The city and corporations are colluding to change the city in a very deliberate way,” he says.
The End of New York: How One Blog Tracks the Disappearance of a Vibrant City
Tim Teeman
August 6, 2014
By restricting aid to only registered groups, the State Department is colluding with repressive regimes, fear democracy advocates.
Obama’s Budget Fails Democracy Promotion Abroad
Jamie Dettmer
June 12, 2014
This clown is proclaiming that we are colluding with the enemy to prolong our stay in Afghanistan.
To Hell With Karzai
Leslie H. Gelb
March 12, 2013

Historical Examples of colluding

It would be to lose all chance of re-election for the official to cheat the public by colluding with the liquor sellers.
The Brothers' War
John Calvin Reed
Collud′er; Collū′sion, act of colluding: a secret agreement to deceive: deceit.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Various
If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition, or at least tacitly encouraging it.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)
Edmund Burke
It was communism all over: a superpower buying influence and colluding with corrupt elites to rob their own nations blind.
After the Rain
Sam Vaknin

British Dictionary definitions for colluding

collude

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

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Word Origin and History for colluding

collude

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