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collusive

[ kuh-loo-siv ]

adjective

  1. involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement:

    a collusive agreement to increase prices.



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Other Words From

  • col·lusive·ly adverb
  • col·lusive·ness noun
  • noncol·lusive adjective
  • noncol·lusive·ly adverb
  • noncol·lusive·ness noun
  • precol·lusive adjective
  • uncol·lusive adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of collusive1

First recorded in 1665–75; collus(ion) + -ive

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Example Sentences

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

In the back-ground are two collusive associates, eagerly dividing the profits of the evening.

Justice Johnson intimated—all but formally charged—that the case was collusive.

Afterwards, it seems, the Archdeacon in a collusive suit allowed judgment to go against himself and his church.

It is thus easy for two men to concert a collusive attack which shall succeed either way, and be dishonest both ways.

The only grave imputation on his memory is his connivance, as a Commissioner, at the collusive divorce of Lady Essex.

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