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
The Michigan attorney general’s office alleges the companies have colluded since at least 1980 to maintain reliance on fossil fuels.
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Taylor Millard, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
She is accused of colluding with foreign forces and police have offered a bounty of HK$1 million ($128,000) for her arrest.
—Reuters 7 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
He was convicted in December of conspiring to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring to publish seditious articles, which carried a maximum penalty of life in prison.
—CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office faced consequences for colluding with Phoenix police and lying about evidence to falsely accuse Black Lives Matter protesters of being in a gang.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Taylor Millard, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
She is accused of colluding with foreign forces and police have offered a bounty of HK$1 million ($128,000) for her arrest.
—Reuters 7 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
He was convicted in December of conspiring to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring to publish seditious articles, which carried a maximum penalty of life in prison.
—CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office faced consequences for colluding with Phoenix police and lying about evidence to falsely accuse Black Lives Matter protesters of being in a gang.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collude
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The images of the film are firmly planted in the beauty of the Northwest, and some sequences (as when Robert and his wife Gladys plot out land for their cabin with stones) depict a hope for the future.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Justice Department called the violence an attack plotted by antifa operatives, but attorneys for the accused denied that characterization, saying there were no antifa associations and that there was merely a demonstration with fireworks before gunshots broke out.—
Jamie Stengle,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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According to the Office of the State's Attorney for Howard County, Wyketa Burgess, 40, conspired with her co-defendant, Dieneba Traore, to seek revenge against perpetrators who robbed Traore's son.—
Andrew Adeolu,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Both teams … the Heat and the Wizards … conspired with their flopping and intentional fouling to get him to 83.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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But the show instantly makes a rod for its own back by waiting until Episode 3 to turn its hero into the Count and get all the treasure-hunting, high society-infiltrating, and Machiavellian scheming underway.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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Co-creator and director Mike Clattenburg (Trailer Park Boys) highlights the joy and humor in watching a streetwise Jesus constantly scheming, all in the name of having a good time with his friends.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Collude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collude. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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