as in to plot
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
accused of colluding to block the sale of the vacant land
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Recent Examples of collude
Inflation indicators are little changed since the tariffs were implemented in April, but various factors have colluded to keep blunt the impact.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Actors may be influenced by emotion or misinformation, collude or form cartels, misunderstand incentives or lack information.
—Ali Faizan Rizvi, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
In 2024, the Biden administration also sued the company, accusing its algorithm of enabling landlords to collude on pricing and suppress competition, according to reporting by Marketplace.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
Officials are often more likely to profit than be punished for colluding with cartels.
—Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Actors may be influenced by emotion or misinformation, collude or form cartels, misunderstand incentives or lack information.
—Ali Faizan Rizvi, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
In 2024, the Biden administration also sued the company, accusing its algorithm of enabling landlords to collude on pricing and suppress competition, according to reporting by Marketplace.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
Officials are often more likely to profit than be punished for colluding with cartels.
—Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2025
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At a news conference Wednesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleged the two men plotted robberies over WhatsApp the day of the shooting and rode into the park on a moped at around 11:45 p.m., first targeting a 39-year-old woman sitting on a bench, grabbing her phone.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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The tycoon, who is used to ruthlessly controlling everything and everyone around him at any cost, is also secretly plotting a major decision on his daughter’s behalf.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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Between May 2023 and March 2024, investigators alleged that Tyson conspired to distribute cocaine and fentanyl.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
7 Aug. 2025
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Having vanquished the murderous alliance of her love interest Tyler (Hunter Doohan) and teacher Marilyn Thornhill (Christina Ricci), who had been conspiring against the school’s outcast denizens, she’s hailed as a hero.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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However, the 2023 trial overseen by US District Judge James Donato revealed a pattern of scheming on Google's part to prevent the distribution of alternative app stores on Android phones.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
31 July 2025
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Meanwhile, a woman named Violet (Sharp Objects’ Eliza Scanlen, all grown up) schemes her way into a job as one of England’s first female police officers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 July 2025
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“Collude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collude. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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