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collude

/kəˈluːd/ verb

Latin root: collūdere Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about collude at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. 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

Origin

* From Latin collūdere, from con- and lūdere (“to play”).

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