collude
verb (used without object)
to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.
were colluding
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past progressiveof collude.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"We all got called up before the Department of Justice in the early 1980s because we were colluding," he said.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2022
He later filed a lawsuit against the NFL, alleging that the leagues owner's were colluding to exile him from the sport.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2022
“What we saw happening was a modern form of payola, where cable companies and building owners were colluding to keep out competition,” said San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
An account manager whispers “as though we were colluding, as though we were five years old.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2020
Many Osage had come to believe that local authorities were colluding with the killers and that only an outside force like Davis could cut through the corruption and solve the growing number of cases.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
