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col·lude (kə lo̵̅o̅d)

intransitive verb -·luded, -·lud·ing

to act in collusion or conspire, esp. for a fraudulent purpose

Etymology: L colludere < com-, with + ludere, to play: see ludicrous

collude Synonyms

collude

v.

conspire, connive, intrigue, plot; see cooperate 1, plan 1.

collude Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • government: They all seem to be colluding with the Government in an elaborate farce.
  • state: Since when did Jesus tell us to collude even unwittingly with state sanctioned barbarity.
  • company: Companies aren't part of society and a government that colludes with companies isn't representative or democratic.
  • injustice: Duneton sees the school and university system in France as colluding with social injustice and reinforcing existing class divisions.

Infinitive complement

  • fix: A cartel is a situation where firms collude either to fix prices in the market or to carve up the market share between them.
  • deny: He found no evidence to support Mr B's allegation that BA and the Appeals Service colluded to deny him his appeal rights.
  • produce: More important than are flanked by they include a. Only some of hourly wages by capped by a collude to produce.
  • create: History and geography have colluded to create a hotch-potch of cultures, languages and styles.

Modifying Another Word

  • actively: By accepting Liberian exports as legitimate, the international diamond industry actively colludes in crimes committed or permitted by the Liberian government.
  • not: The government must listen to the families of people killed by employer negligence, not collude with the business world.
  • often: Even worse, they often collude with ruling powers to force people into belief.
  • all: Amazingly they all colluded, so the audience took it right between the eyes when the big moment came.
  • even: Mr Parton You can see exactly why parents might even collude to defraud the CSA.
  • also: He also colluded in benefit fraud by allowing employees time to sign on as unemployed.

Preposition: in

  • crime: They were also killed in churches: some clergy colluded in the crime.
  • activity: I believe the Government has colluded in unlawful activities of its agents.
  • denial: The new ambassador, driven ' obsessively ' by commercial interests, was willingly colluding in Turkish denial.
  • process: Arguably the Labor Party has colluded in this process through its own retreat from class given the political imperatives of middle England.
  • murder: He would be guilty of colluding in the murder of IRA volunteers, police officers, soldiers and civilians.

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