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col⋅lu⋅sive

[kuh-loo-siv]
–adjective
involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement: a collusive agreement to increase prices.

Origin:
1665–75; collus(ion) + -ive


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.
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