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• present participle of collude.

colluding

American  

[kuh-loo-ding] / kəˈlu dɪŋ /

adjective

1. working together secretively with fraudulent or harmful intent.

   If the colluding witnesses have not agreed on the details being asked about, each witness will invent something.

   By acting like a monopoly, the colluding firms can set a monopoly price and generate monopoly profits.

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noun

1. the act or process of working together secretively with fraudulent or harmful intent.

   Both agencies took pains to be subtle and not make the colluding too obvious.

Etymology

Origin of colluding

First recorded in 1605–15; collud(e) ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun; collud(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective

Example Sentences

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colluding

Summer is coming, a boom time for ice cream makers, but Japanese authorities have raided six major firms on suspicion of colluding to raise prices.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

In a nation fed up with leaders seen as tolerating or colluding with organized crime, Manzo, 40, stood out.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Presenting the report to MPs, parliament majority leader Kimani Ichung'wah, described a "deeply disturbing" network of rogue state officials allegedly colluding with human trafficking syndicates to recruit and transport Kenyans.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

My remarks moved an apoplectic plaintiff’s lawyer to point across the room at his opposing counsel, leer in my direction, and ask, “So are you accusing me of colluding with him?”

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026

“I do not know her story, except that she was obviously colluding with our enemies. I have never met many of the dark beings who lurk in the inhospitable corners of Fablehaven.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull