collude

[kuh-lood] /kəˈlud/

verb (used without object), colluded, colluding.

to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.

to conspire in a fraud.

Origin

1515-25; (< Middle French) < Latin collūdere to play together, equivalent to col- col-¹ + lūdere to play

Related forms

colluder, noun

precollude, verb (used without object), precolluded, precolluding.

Examples from the web for collude

They will collude and conspire to conceal the truth.
Males collude with their peers as a way of stealing fertile females from competing dolphin bands.
But when parents and test prep companies collude to game the system, it's business as usual.
In this high-margin segment, two or three multinationals usually dominate-and can easily manipulate prices if they collude.
But, if pilots were not screened, they could collude with someone else to bring forbidden items behind the sterile area.
Not only can they collude to raise the pot and drive out other players, but they can share the contents of their hands.
To acknowledge the reality of fear is not necessarily to collude with it.
In many cases, private real estate companies collude with officials to clear and develop the land as quickly as possible.
Cells further collude as organs, and organs pool their talents and become bodies.
Unfortunately here these two sentences collude in their confusion.

British Dictionary definitions for collude

/kəˈluːd/

verb

(intransitive) to conspire together, esp in planning a fraud; connive

Derived Forms

colluder, noun

Word Origin

C16: from Latin collūdere, literally: to play together, hence, conspire together, from com- together + lūdere to play

Word Origin and History for collude

1520s, from Latin colludere "act collusively," literally "to play with" (see collusion). Related: Colluded; colluding.