Collude

usgb/kəˈluːd/
verb

To secretly work together with someone, often to do something wrong or illegal.

The businesses were colluding to increase prices.
Visual representation of "collude" - To secretly work together with someone, often to do something wrong or illegal.

Often appears as...

  • collude with
  • collude in

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Formal, Disapproving

Academic,Idiomatic

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Secret Agreements

Emphasizes secretive planning to achieve a mutual goal; implies dishonesty.

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The competing athletes colluded to fix the race's outcome.
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Negative Undertone

Often associated with illegal or unethical actions, not a neutral term.

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Employees were fired for colluding to steal company secrets.
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Hidden Motives

Suggests a hidden motive or agenda behind the collaboration.

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Rumors suggested that the jury colluded to influence the trial's outcome.
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