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collude

[ kuh-lood ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, col·lud·ed, col·lud·ing.

to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.
to conspire in a fraud.

collude

/ kəˈluːd /

Origin of collude¹

First recorded in 1515–25; from Latin collūdere “to play together,” equivalent to col- col- ¹ + lūdere “to play”

Origin of collude¹

C16: from Latin collūdere, literally: to play together, hence, conspire together, from com- together + lūdere to play

Collusive labor makes it easier for employers to collude to extract maximum rents from customers.

And what if the family and community collude in this inversion?

Nor, Cortazzo said, did he collude with the geologist to rip off Roy.

I argued that when markets are free, and when government does not collude with business, greed is useful.

Associated words: collude, collusion, collusive, connivance.

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