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collude

[kuh-lood] / kəˈlud /
VERB
conspire
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“David called to vent about how protracted the settlement process had become—there was no intent to transmit information, intervene, or collude in the settlement,” Byrne said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

"You have insurance charges, floor charges, and various other levies that make production unsustainable," he told AFP, repeating allegations that contractors collude to keep prices low and "shortchange" producers.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

Herzog cites professional wrestling as an example of a spectacle in which the audience members and performers collude in a narrative that is patently false, yet has all the elements of legitimate competition.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

However, insiders guard against an assumption that just because a group of owners are from one country, they will collude to 'Americanise' English football.

From BBC May 23, 2025

Christmas Under the mining operations of the moon, continental drifts of cloud collude and a pelican scaffolds the air.

From Unmanned by Oliver, Stephen

Phosphate colludes with lipid molecules to encase every cell in an ever vigilant membrane that dictates what gets in and what must be kept out.

From New York Times Nov. 4, 2022

His work explores the liminal space between interior and exterior worlds by stringing up a cat’s cradle of language in which his characters swing between memories, dreams, and reflections—an act in which the audience colludes.

From The New Yorker May 22, 2017

In his circles of hell, Dante gives it a harder time than lust, not least because it colludes with sins like envy and gluttony.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2016

But she also colludes in that secrecy, accepts it as the necessary condition on which she can know her mother.

From The Guardian Mar. 5, 2016

How is he to be punished or impeached if he colludes with any of these banks to embezzle the public money or defraud the government?

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel

After she was arrested, Javice’s attorneys had argued that the Justice Department had improperly colluded with JPMorgan to bring a criminal case against her.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

German authorities say "Mohammad S" colluded with "Abed Al G", one of three alleged Hamas members arrested last October over planned attacks on Jewish and Israeli institutions.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2026

Describing Mr. Lai as someone who colluded with “external forces” is a transparent whitewash.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 22, 2025

We have no idea how many times Clase, in particular, colluded with bettors in this fashion.

From Slate Nov. 11, 2025

Savvy operators within these organizations diverted trucks and colluded with smugglers to import fleets of secondhand cars, vans, and buses from China.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

Through their lawyers, they accused Jahanshahi of colluding with the Salehpour family to prosecute them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Summer is coming, a boom time for ice cream makers, but Japanese authorities have raided six major firms on suspicion of colluding to raise prices.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

They have been accused of colluding with Matlala, who has also been charged.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

My remarks moved an apoplectic plaintiff’s lawyer to point across the room at his opposing counsel, leer in my direction, and ask, “So are you accusing me of colluding with him?”

From Slate Jan. 13, 2026

Many Osage had come to believe that local authorities were colluding with the killers and that only an outside force like Davis could cut through the corruption and solve the growing number of cases.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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