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collude

col·lude [ kə ld ] (past and past participle col·lud·ed, present participle col·lud·ing, 3rd person present singular col·ludes)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
work secretly with somebody: to cooperate with somebody secretly in order to do something illegal or undesirable

[Early 16th century. < Latin colludere "play with" < ludere "play" < ludus "game"]

col·lud·er noun
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