collude

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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

This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the lawsuit against RealPage, a software company the DOJ says helps landlords collude to keep rents too damn high.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2024

Keeping Mr Dos Santos away from Ms Williams, who was standing a short distance away, meant they could not "collude" and it "sanitised the situation and keeps it truthful", according to PC Clapham.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

Police said the pair arrested on Tuesday were suspected of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and inciting others to commit riots.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2023

It was impossible that they could believe that executive and legislature could be brought into close relations of co�peration and mutual confidence without being tempted, nay, even bidden, to collude.

From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Wilson, Woodrow