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collude

[kuh-lood] / kəˈlud /
VERB
conspire
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An inquiry into the sectarian murder of Robert Hamill has found police officers who were in a vehicle near the attack did not condone or collude with the attackers.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Uber contends this arrangement has created an incentive for doctors and attorneys to collude to dramatically inflate medical bills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

“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

And if any be found a seller of the Sacraments, that hee bee deposed simpliciter: and such as collude with slanderous persons in dispensing and over-seeing them for money, incurre the like punishment.

From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

"Employees are like a cartel that colludes with clients and suppliers to perpetuate theft."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

“It’s like I always say, the family that colludes together gets sued together.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 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

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

The process of the Exchequer colludes with this interest.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

At the time, Thomas Markle was found to have colluded with photographers, accepting payment to stage photographs of him preparing for the wedding.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

“MRED and Compass have colluded to turn back the clock on consumer transparency.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Mr Markle was found to have colluded with photographers who paid him for photos appearing to show the father of the bride preparing for the wedding.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

Greystar, which manages dozens of apartment complexes in Southern California, has settled a lawsuit that alleges the property giant and other landlords colluded to keep rents artificially high.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

Chess watchers seem to agree that it was likely the Soviets had colluded, on some level, at Curaçao.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

An appeals court ordered a new trial to determine damages for NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers who sued the league and its partners for allegedly colluding to drive up prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

And, as noted, network personnel have been caught colluding with him.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

James said Cal-Maine Foods, Versova and Hickman's Egg Ranch began colluding as early as 2022.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

In a nation fed up with leaders seen as tolerating or colluding with organized crime, Manzo, 40, stood out.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

“I do not know her story, except that she was obviously colluding with our enemies. I have never met many of the dark beings who lurk in the inhospitable corners of Fablehaven.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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