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collusive

[kuh-loo-siv]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement.
a collusive agreement to increase prices.

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Other Word Forms

collusively adverb
collusiveness noun
noncollusive adjective
noncollusively adverb
noncollusiveness noun
precollusive adjective
uncollusive adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of collusive¹

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

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One of the lawsuits cites the new policy as evidence of the insurers’ “determination to act collusively.”

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Trump said that Musk is doing a "fantastic job", but "radical left lunatics" are "trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla" in an effort "to attack and do harm to Elon".

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Former DWP general manager David Wright accused Clark of lying about his role in the collusive lawsuit, one affidavit stated.

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Feuer has repeatedly told reporters that he didn’t find out about the involvement of his attorneys in the collusive lawsuit until April 2019.

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Prosecutors have never named or charged Salgueiro, but their court filings refer to a former employee of a Beverly Hills law firm who threatened to reveal the city’s collusive lawsuit over the DWP billing errors.

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collusion collut.

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