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col⋅lu⋅sive
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sɪv
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–adjective
involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement:
a collusive agreement to increase prices.
Origin:
1665–75;
collus(ion)
+
-ive
Related forms:
col⋅lu⋅sive⋅ly,
adverb
col⋅lu⋅sive⋅ness,
noun
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col·lu·sive
(kə-lōō'sĭv, -zĭv)
adj. Acting in secret to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful goal.
col·lu'sive·ly
adv.
,
col·lu'sive·ness
n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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