collude

• From Latin colludere, from con- and ludere (“to play”).

• IPA^(key): /kəˈluːd/

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• Rhymes: -uːd

collude (third-person singular simple present colludes, present participle colluding, simple past and past participle colluded)

1. (intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire
   • April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair‎^[1]:

     William understood Diana more but idealized her less. He was privy to her volatile love life. He knew the tabloids made her life hell, but he also knew she colluded with them.

     adapted from the book The Palace Papers, published 2022 by Penguin Books

• to be in cahoots
• conspire
• plot
• scheme

• collusion

• loculed

• IPA^(key): /kolˈlu.de/
• Rhymes: -ude
• Hyphenation: col‧lù‧de

collude

1. (transitive) third-person singular present indicative of colludere

collūde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of collūdō