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COLLUDE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they collude ... he / she / it colludes
Past simple: colluded
-ing form: colluding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
Example:
The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall
Synonyms:
collude; conspire
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "collude" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Derivation:
collusion (secret agreement)
collusion (agreement on a secret plot)
collusive (acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end)