collusive

[kuh-loo-siv]

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adjective

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

Origin of collusive

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

Related formscol·lu·sive·ly, adverbcol·lu·sive·ness, nounnon·col·lu·sive, adjectivenon·col·lu·sive·ly, adverbnon·col·lu·sive·ness, nounpre·col·lu·sive, adjectiveun·col·lu·sive, adjective

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Examples from the Web for collusive

Contemporary Examples

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

Historical Examples

How can you ever marry, unless we go through the vulgarity of a collusive divorce?
Septimus
William J. Locke
Associated words: collude, collusion, collusive, connivance.
Putnam's Word Book
Louis A. Flemming
Mr Justice Mathew discharged the jury, refusing to hear the case on the ground that it was a collusive action.
Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume II (of 2)
Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
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 bond of entail can be broken without having recourse to the collusive proceedings of fine and recovery.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3
Various

Word Origin and History for collusive

adj.

1670s, from Latin collus-, past participle stem of colludere (see collude) + -ive.

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Examples from the Web for collusive

Contemporary Examples

Collusive labor makes it easier for employers to collude to extract maximum rents from customers.

Historical Examples

How can you ever marry, unless we go through the vulgarity of a collusive divorce?

Associated words: collude, collusion, collusive, connivance.

Mr Justice Mathew discharged the jury, refusing to hear the case on the ground that it was a collusive action.

The colonial secretary charged him with collusive sale of his agency to London shippers, and a fraud on the colonial treasury.

The bond of entail can be broken without having recourse to the collusive proceedings of fine and recovery.

Word Origin and History for collusive

adj.

Origin of collusive