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collude

[kuh-lood] / kəˈlud /
VERB
conspire
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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

The police statement on Thursday said the newly arrested man was detained on suspicion of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and commit acts with seditious intent.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 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