Thesaurus results for COLLUDE

collude

verb

kə-ˈlüd

Definition of collude

as in to plot

to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends accused of colluding to block the sale of the vacant land

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Recent Examples of collude Nitta said the Emergence experiment is the first to shed light on how AI agents collude to bypass guardrails and break confinement, as OpenAI has yet to release all of its findings from the Hugging Face incident. — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026 His allusion was to the murder of President Diem of South Vietnam, in which some felt the United States had colluded. — Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Sankey also argues that the SEC was acting on its own and not attempting to collude with NCAA to stop Kiffin from bringing in ex-pros. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 In October 2017, Kaepernick filed a grievance against the NFL under the terms of the league’s and players’ collective bargaining agreement, alleging that owners were colluding against signing him due to his protest. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for collude

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The distinction matters because operating an unmanned vessel requires more than plotting a route.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
In the years to come, plotting out the dense and often convoluted storylines on a giant dry-erase board would become a staple of the Seinfeld writing process.

— Blake J. Harris, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

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Who doesn’t love a good scheming royal for collecting Halloween treats?

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2026
That point is proved time and again, as editors scheme against each other, belittle each other’s literary taste and throw Batter under the bus whenever an opportunity arises.

— Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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