COLLUDING Definition & Meaning

colluding

[kuh-loo-ding]

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adjective

working together secretively with fraudulent or harmful intent.
If the colluding witnesses have not agreed on the details being asked about, each witness will invent something.
By acting like a monopoly, the colluding firms can set a monopoly price and generate monopoly profits.

noun

the act or process of working together secretively with fraudulent or harmful intent.
Both agencies took pains to be subtle and not make the colluding too obvious.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of colluding¹

First recorded in 1605–15; collud(e) ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun; collud(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective

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There is also mounting evidence that Kenya is no longer a safe haven for Ugandans and Tanzanians, with security agencies from the three states apparently colluding to crack down on the opposition.

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Two lawsuits filed in April accuse hundreds of insurers of colluding to drop policyholders and force them onto the plan, which offers limited policies that typically cost more.

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No guards were prosecuted for smuggling in phones or colluding with gang leaders, the lawyers noted in a sentencing memo.

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La Poderosa, the Peruvian company which owns the gold mine at which the men worked, said they had been kidnapped by "illegal miners colluding with criminals" on 26 April.

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The eight activists targeted were accused of colluding with foreign forces - a crime that can carry a sentence of life in prison.

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collude collun.

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