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collude
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Word definitions for collude in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from Latin colludere "act collusively," literally "to play with" (see collusion ). Related: Colluded ; colluding .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Collude \Col*lude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Colluded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Colluding .] [L. colludere, -lusum; col- + ludere to play. See Ludicrous .] To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ How far can women be said to be colluding in their own lower employment status? ▪ There have been accusations that the prime minister secretly colluded with the leaders of the regime. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And the official ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose; "The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall" [syn: conspire ]
Usage examples of collude.
Nerlin and colluding with the remnants of Faction Reinal against the Decision Group, not to mention arming the dispossessed against the nobility.
French, Russian, and Chinese diplomats have actively colluded with Iraq to weaken and hinder the inspections.
As he scrambled to his feet, he thought about how he and Knucklebones were hunted, and how Ox, Mother, and Lothar had died, because a spoiled brat had connived to repay an injury, and the city guards had colluded with him.
Peace Brigade - have been colluding with Yuuzhan Vong operatives by helping to spread anti-Jedi sentiment and destabilize planetary systems in advance of invasion.
Something you seem to forget with monotonous regularity, but then, that's my fault, I've allowed that, colluded if you like in the whole unequal set-up that is our appalling, empty marriage.
In another situation, the aftermath of systematic UN efforts to destroy faction leader Mohamed Aideed's illegal arms facilities generated an unexpected reaction from other warlords, including those colluding with him, which was to volunteer to hand over their own weapons storage areas.
And those little swamp-stompers had better not collude in any treason with the fugitive Princesses if they know what's good for them!
Reck and the gang he runs with - they call themselves the Peace Brigade - have been colluding with Yuuzhan Vong operatives by helping to spread anti-Jedi sentiment and destabilize planetary systems in advance of invasion.
He is very fond of Apsu and colludes with him to disperse the younger gods when they disturb Tiamat, even after Tiamat rejects the plan.
If he was any judge of character, she had suspected as much from the moment he had proposed she come with him to Crete, certainly from the instant she had colluded with him in his lie to Arsenov.
There's some suspicion that Ian may have colluded in building and supplying the factory.
This is the artifact's ultimate victory: The victim colludes in his own suffering, and is willing to collude in a willingness to agree to the naturalness of suffering in general.
He accepts the proposal, colludes with the lies about his past, and they get married according to the Muslim tradition.
It seems that--they suggest--baley-running and contraband travel the same routes and that we are colluding in all this.
It’s being suggested that Spacers are colluding in bypassing immigration and trade laws.