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US
/kəˈɫud/
]
[ UK /kəlˈuːd/ ]
[ UK /kəlˈuːd/ ]
VERB
-
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
How To Use collude In A Sentence
- Lisa Spirling's production has a frowsty, precise design by Polly Sullivan and makes a shot at an interesting question: what makes people collude with horror? Richard III; Lullaby; Hundreds & Thousands – review
- A former State Department official told the same committee last week that Addington and Yoo had been part of a group of six officials who "colluded" to develop a legal rationale for subjecting detainees to harsh treatment. Torture? What's That?
- But as the full seizure of power by the Nazis became imminent, and as Stalin colluded with it more and more openly, he abandoned mere class analysis, as in the following passage: The Old Man
- So far not one person has been indicted from the lowliest mortgage originator who doctored an application to a CEO of a major bank who colluded with the Fed to steal billions from taxpayers. Matthew Yglesias » Justice and Stabilization
- Officers are also said to have colluded in a cover-up. The Sun
- And when the parties collude in such a craven course, it becomes conspiracy as well.
- And the official line, as well as school lessons and folk knowledge, all colluded with the withholding of information.
- In late 2008, a lengthy Chinese-language essay circulated online excoriating Mr. Zhou and other top officials for being too close to the U.S., accusing them of having "colluded" with then Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to buy U.S. bonds. Chinese Express Wary Faith in Fannie, Freddie Debt
- The spiritual riches of a full life are kept from the sufferer while the therapist colludes with the addictive disease itself.
- My mother colluded in the myth of him as the swanky businessman.