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collusive

[ kuh-loo-siv ]

/ kəˈlu sɪv /

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adjective

involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement: a collusive agreement to increase prices.

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Origin of collusive

First recorded in 1665–75; collus(ion) + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM collusive

col·lu·sive·ly, adverbcol·lu·sive·ness, nounnon·col·lu·sive, adjectivenon·col·lu·sive·ly, adverb

non·col·lu·sive·ness, nounpre·col·lu·sive, adjectiveun·col·lu·sive, adjective

Words nearby collusive

collude, collum, collun., collunarium, collusion, collusive, collut., collutorium, collutory, colluvium, colly

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for collusive

Collusive labor makes it easier for employers to collude to extract maximum rents from customers.
New York City Bus Strike: A Cosy Cartel, Running Out of Gas|Megan McArdle|January 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There was a committee within the committee—a little nest of head managers—who undertook this collusive arrangement with the whigs.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton
Clandestine and collusive practice can only be traced by combination and comparison of circumstances.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. III. (of 12)|Edmund Burke
The colonial secretary charged him with collusive sale of his agency to London shippers, and a fraud on the colonial treasury.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)|John West

The only grave imputation on his memory is his connivance, as a Commissioner, at the collusive divorce of Lady Essex.
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing
How can you ever marry, unless we go through the vulgarity of a collusive divorce?
Septimus|William J. Locke

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