collude

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 Sacramento — Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles allege major home insurance companies have colluded to limit coverage in California communities at high risk for wildfires and force homeowners onto the state's last-resort insurance plan that offers basic coverage and high premiums. CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025 The new suits allege that the state’s top insurers — those required by law to back FAIR — colluded together to cancel plans, leaving homeowners underinsured under FAIR, which has higher premiums than most plans on the commercial market, yet is capped at the lower coverage limit of $3 million. Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025 The government claimed Live Nation and OVG colluded by agreeing not to compete against each other for artists and tours. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025 During the hunt, Natalie ends up colluding with Hannah, Misty, and Van to get away from an increasingly paranoid Shauna and attempt to make contact with someone who can help them. Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for collude
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  • Until his death in Pennsylvania last year, Gülen, a Turkish Muslim preacher who was accused of plotting a coup against President Recep Tayyip in 2016, was wanted as a terrorist leader in Turkey and Pakistan.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 14 May 2025
  • The Keeling Curve, a graph that plots concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere over time, uses measurements taken at Mau Loa Observatory, starting in 1958.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 May 2025
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  • Navarro-Sanchez allegedly conspired with two co-defendants, Luis Carlos Davalos-Lopez, 27, and Gustavo Castro-Medina, 28, both of Mexico.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 16 May 2025
  • How exactly will all these elements conspire to gore one of our heroes?
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2025
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  • See more Trump’s AI image of himself as the pope was condemned by leading Catholics, but the idea of a gaggle of secretive, red-robed men deliberating and scheming in an escape room is catnip for our imaginations.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 7 May 2025
  • The levels of staff, the levels of seriousness, offensive coordinators are really scheming.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2025

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“Collude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collude. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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