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
When choices were available between lower- and higher-priced drugs, the manufacturers and PBMs colluded to raise the price of prescriptions and exclude the cheaper options, according to the lawsuit.
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
Trump initially praised Wray after firing former Director James Comey amid the FBI’s investigation into whether Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
Adam Schiff Schiff, a Democrat and the former chair of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, often claimed during the former president’s first term that his campaign had colluded with Russia.
—Margie Cullen, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Conservatives say Big Tech colluded with Democrats Multiple lawsuits have accused the Biden administration of leaning on social media platforms to take down lawful speech about the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 election.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
Trump initially praised Wray after firing former Director James Comey amid the FBI’s investigation into whether Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
Adam Schiff Schiff, a Democrat and the former chair of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, often claimed during the former president’s first term that his campaign had colluded with Russia.
—Margie Cullen, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Conservatives say Big Tech colluded with Democrats Multiple lawsuits have accused the Biden administration of leaning on social media platforms to take down lawful speech about the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 election.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collude
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Used to ruthlessly controlling everything and everyone around him whatever the cost, Marcos is also secretly plotting a big decision on his daughter’s behalf.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2025
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Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards is already plotting a courtside seat for Dončić’s first game back in Dallas as a visitor.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Last week, a former Senior Adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was arrested on US charges of conspiring to steal government trade secrets to benefit China.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Veltri was leading the South Florida office when Trump was indicted in June 2023 on charges of withholding top secret documents from the U.S. government and conspiring with two of his Mar-a-Lago employees to obstruct efforts to retrieve them.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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Spags did a masterful job of scheming against Buffalo’s fourth-and-short plays no matter what anyone thinks of that review, but the Eagles’ tush-push is in a category by itself.—
Hank Gola,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Smith has said politics played no part in his decisions and the evidence his team gathered was sufficient for Trump to have been convicted at trial on charges of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.—
Stephen Groves,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Collude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collude. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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