colluding

[kuh-loo-ding]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

working together secretively with fraudulent or harmful intent.
If the colluding witnesses have not agreed on the details being asked about, each witness will invent something.
By acting like a monopoly, the colluding firms can set a monopoly price and generate monopoly profits.

noun

the act or process of working together secretively with fraudulent or harmful intent.
Both agencies took pains to be subtle and not make the colluding too obvious.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of colluding¹

First recorded in 1605–15; collud(e) ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun; collud(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective

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No guards were prosecuted for smuggling in phones or colluding with gang leaders, the lawyers noted in a sentencing memo.

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La Poderosa, the Peruvian company which owns the gold mine at which the men worked, said they had been kidnapped by "illegal miners colluding with criminals" on 26 April.

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The eight activists targeted were accused of colluding with foreign forces - a crime that can carry a sentence of life in prison.

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Last year Israel severed ties with Unrwa, accusing it of colluding with Hamas.

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In December, Arcadia found itself at the center of a spy scandal after federal prosecutors charged City Councilmember Eileen Wang’s campaign manager with colluding with the Chinese government to get her elected.

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collude collun.

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