Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To act together, often in secret, to achieve an illegal or improper purpose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To conspire in a fraud or deception; act in concert through a secret understanding; play into one another's hands. See
collusion .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive to act in
concert with; toconspire
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The U.S. Department of Justice says it has launched a new investigation into price-fixing in the industry, examining whether record labels collude to keep up the price they charge online retailers, and whether those retailers are in on the scam.
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It operates under a specific exemption for exports under Canada's competition laws allowing its three major potash producers to "collude" and coordinate sales outside North America.
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It operates under a specific exemption for exports under Canada's competition laws allowing its three major potash producers to "collude" and coordinate sales outside North America.
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It operates under a specific exemption for exports under Canada's competition laws allowing its three major potash producers to "collude" and coordinate sales outside North America.
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It operates under a specific exemption for exports under Canada's competition laws allowing its three major potash producers to "collude" and coordinate sales outside North America.
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It operates under a specific exemption for exports under Canada's competition laws allowing its three major potash producers to "collude" and coordinate sales outside North America.
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It operates under a specific exemption for exports under Canada's competition laws allowing its three major potash producers to "collude" and coordinate sales outside North America.
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It operates under a specific exemption for exports under Canada's competition laws allowing its three major potash producers to "collude" and coordinate sales outside North America.
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It operates under a specific exemption for exports under Canada's competition laws allowing its three major potash producers to "collude" and coordinate sales outside North America.
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It operates under a specific exemption for exports under Canada's competition laws allowing its three major potash producers to "collude" and coordinate sales outside North America.
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