as in plotted
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 colluded
In 2024, a California jury found the NFL illegally colluded with DirecTV to increase prices for Sunday Ticket subscribers and awarded $14 billion in damages.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit was one in a series of conservative grievances that Big Tech colluded with Democrats to stifle Republican views.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Mueller concluded that it could not be proved that Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2026
How everyone got to this point The original indictment, unsealed in November, detailed how Clase had allegedly colluded with bettors to predetermine at least nine pitches, dating to May 2023.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
An intelligence report presented to Kenya’s Parliament last month by majority leader Kimani Ichung’wah said Kenyan and Russian government officials colluded with recruitment agencies to lure Kenyans to the front lines.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
The Michigan attorney general’s office alleges the companies have colluded since at least 1980 to maintain reliance on fossil fuels.
—Taylor Millard, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
Former Chicago Bulls player Antonio Blakeney allegedly colluded with Marvis Fairley and Shane Hennen to fix CBA games.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2026
To defeat the threat of a surging left, businessmen and nationalists colluded to countenance domestic culture wars, xenophobic nationalism, the erosion of constitutional norms, and outright violence, ultimately naming Hitler, a vulgar racist, as national executive.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit was one in a series of conservative grievances that Big Tech colluded with Democrats to stifle Republican views.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Mueller concluded that it could not be proved that Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2026
How everyone got to this point The original indictment, unsealed in November, detailed how Clase had allegedly colluded with bettors to predetermine at least nine pitches, dating to May 2023.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
An intelligence report presented to Kenya’s Parliament last month by majority leader Kimani Ichung’wah said Kenyan and Russian government officials colluded with recruitment agencies to lure Kenyans to the front lines.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
The Michigan attorney general’s office alleges the companies have colluded since at least 1980 to maintain reliance on fossil fuels.
—Taylor Millard, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
Former Chicago Bulls player Antonio Blakeney allegedly colluded with Marvis Fairley and Shane Hennen to fix CBA games.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2026
To defeat the threat of a surging left, businessmen and nationalists colluded to countenance domestic culture wars, xenophobic nationalism, the erosion of constitutional norms, and outright violence, ultimately naming Hitler, a vulgar racist, as national executive.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colluded
plotted
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Authorities say the teen carefully plotted the shooting at his Barrow County high school, including allegedly leaving a notebook with handwritten instructions detailing the steps to prepare for the violence and a diagram of his classroom.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s spy chief, who is accused of having plotted a coup attempt to keep his boss in power.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Colluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colluded. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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