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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Tenants say Bay Area landlords colluded to inflate rents.
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Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
Kaepernick later filed suit against the NFL, accusing teams of colluding to keep him from playing, and settled earlier this year, according to his attorney.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Kim has increasingly lashed out at South Korea this year, accusing Seoul of colluding with Washington to seek the collapse of his regime, and has pushed for a clear break with decades of policy engagement with the South, including the scrapping of unification as a goal.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
But part of it may be due to corporate landlords colluding with one another, according to Stoller.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
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Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
Kaepernick later filed suit against the NFL, accusing teams of colluding to keep him from playing, and settled earlier this year, according to his attorney.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Kim has increasingly lashed out at South Korea this year, accusing Seoul of colluding with Washington to seek the collapse of his regime, and has pushed for a clear break with decades of policy engagement with the South, including the scrapping of unification as a goal.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
But part of it may be due to corporate landlords colluding with one another, according to Stoller.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
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They are inspired by the real-life radical leader Robert Jay Mathews, played by Nicholas Hoult, and are plotting a war against the U.S. government.Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 1 Dec. 2024
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Soon, the two were plotting their second collaboration, which began with the major challenge of adapting the Beat Generation writer for the screen — a feat only undertaken a few times.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
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Zeidman pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud.Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Rivera also admitted in his plea agreement to conspiring with Francisco Javier, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 in San Diego federal court.Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
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The Duke of Sussex's narrative that his stepmother schemed to undermine him and Meghan while boosting herself has been explored by a hard-hitting new documentary in Britain.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Instead, there’s an eventual pileup of scheming contrivances that require us to believe a character painted all along as sweetly uncomplicated was really harboring the deviousness of a criminal mastermind.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Collude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collude. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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