collude
collude
Definition
col·lude (kə lo̵̅o̅d′)
intransitive verb -·lud′ed, -·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
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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