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Definition of Collude

1. Verb. Act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose. "The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall"

Definition of Collude

1. v. i. To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.

Definition of Collude

1. Verb. (intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collude

1. to conspire [v -LUDED, -LUDING, -LUDES] - See also: conspire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collude

Literary usage of Collude

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Equity Draftsman: Being a Selection of Forms of Pleading in Suits in Equity by Frederick Miles Van Heythuysen, Edward Hughes (1828)
"... for want of the usual affidavit that the plaintiff does not collude with any ... not collude concerning such matters with any of the defendants thereto, ..."

2. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: With Notes and by Great Britain Court of Chancery (1853)
"THE VICE-CHANCELLOR said that the affidavit ought to have stated not that the secretary, who was the mere nominal plaintiff, did not collude, but that, ..."

3. Asymmetric Marketing: Tossing the 'Chasm' in the Age of the Software Superpowers by Joseph E. Bentzel (2006)
"The superpowers regularly collude with each other to direct the path of adoption dynamics in emerging markets, often targeting for category regime change ..."

4. National Regulation of Inter-state Commerce by Charles Carroll Bonney (1882)
"If group owned stations are able to collude, the extent to which they are able to raise advertising rates depends on the competition they face from singly ..."

5. Hearing in the Matter of Concord Railroad Corporation Vs. George Clough and by Concord Railroad Corporation, George Clough, Mason W. Tappan (1869)
"Q. Hasn't he got to collude with the conductor below here, to sell it, ... Q. And if 1 were to collude with him ? Q. Now, then, in order to pass a western ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"The distinction is well settled, that if a creditor of one of the partners collude with him to take payment or security for his individual debt out of the ..."

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