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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
collude .
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Examples
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No wonder we have heard nothing from the World Trade Organization (the group that "colludes" for a "new global governance"), nor from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, their associated corporate think tank, nor very little of anything from the institutes of the 'Washington Consensus', the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.
States of mind 2008
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A government colludes behind the scenes, aiding the concealment of facts and the embellishment of circumstances serving no other purpose than exonerating state employees involved in state killings of civilians.
G20 - The best press photos - April Fools Day « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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On Monday, the same court denied Sabre's motion to dismiss one of the remaining claims—that it colludes with Travelport and another global-distributions operator, Amadeus, to limit competition.
AMR Vows to Press Travel Suit Jack Nicas 2011
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Hoping to expose the bad politics of public school education, Guggenheim takes on the teachers 'union, the American Federation of Teachers, showing how it colludes with a corrupt public school system, which serves the teachers rather than the students.
Ruth Starkman: Waiting for Solutions Ruth Starkman 2010
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We have created a system that often colludes with perpetrators, supports them and creates a norm that allows sexual assault and child rape to continue.
Larry Cohen: Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Stopping Sexual Abuse in Sports and Every Institution Larry 2011
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If your college colludes with the Met, make them pay.
Student protests: Police ask colleges for demonstration details 2011
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And now there is North Korea, the craziest nation on earth, and Pakistan which openly and defiantly colludes with the world's most anti-American terrorists.
MJ Rosenberg: Is Israel Suicidal? MJ Rosenberg 2012
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If the entire news/entertainment industry colludes to put the vise on independent news voices & threatens to target elected officials who object the way Glenn Beck & Rush Limbaugh target dissenting GOP politicians, I think we could see a much more difficult struggle than many of you think.
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And now there is North Korea, the craziest nation on earth, and Pakistan which openly and defiantly colludes with the world's most anti-American terrorists.
MJ Rosenberg: Is Israel Suicidal? MJ Rosenberg 2012
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We allow a monopoly to exist that colludes to set profits on health care to the exclusion of good health care.
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