as in to plot
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
accused of colluding to block the sale of the vacant land
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Recent Examples of collude
The possibility of pro team owners colluding on player contracts is not so far-fetched when considering pro sports history.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 June 2025
If so, anything goes California’s war on cars is really just a war on free people
When politicians and developers collude, no one’s property is safe
At the height of its power, even the mighty Roman Empire could not stare down a collapsing economy and a burgeoning military.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
Yellen colluded with the other OECD nations on a corporate tax increase that would be felt by the U.S.’s biggest, most multinational of corporations.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Did insurers collude to force homeowners onto state insurance plan?
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 June 2025
If so, anything goes California’s war on cars is really just a war on free people
When politicians and developers collude, no one’s property is safe
At the height of its power, even the mighty Roman Empire could not stare down a collapsing economy and a burgeoning military.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
Yellen colluded with the other OECD nations on a corporate tax increase that would be felt by the U.S.’s biggest, most multinational of corporations.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Did insurers collude to force homeowners onto state insurance plan?
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collude
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Heading into the summer, Howe and the decision-makers at St James’ Park were surely plotting how to move forward again.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Reiko Matsumura, a Yolo County sheriff’s deputy, is named on property records for a home and farmland plotted beside her sister Tammy’s property, where the explosions took place.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
25 July 2025
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Pryor, 36, accused the defendants of conspiring to violate antitrust law and unjustly enriching themselves.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
19 July 2025
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Among thousands of acts of clemency was a decision to commute the sentence of Adrian Peeler, a 48-year-old convicted of conspiring to murder an eight-year-old boy and his mother in 1999, a notorious crime that caused the tightening of state laws by the Connecticut legislature.—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 July 2025
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Humans could scheme and possibly find a means of turning off AI or otherwise defeating AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Charles Lee is, too, in his own way, given that Sexton provides the Hornets coach with another weapon to force the opposition to scheme for.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
17 July 2025
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“Collude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collude. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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