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COLLUDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does collude mean?
• COLLUDE (verb)
The verb COLLUDE has 1 sense:
1. act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
Familiarity information: COLLUDE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it colludes Past simple: colluded
Past participle: colluded
-ing form: colluding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
collude; conspire
Context example:
The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall
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)
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