colludev.
/kəˈl(j)uːd/, U.S. /kəˈlud/ 1. intransitive. To act in secret concert with, chiefly in order to trick or baffle some third person or party; to play into one another's hands; to conspire, plot, connive; to play false; to act in play merely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot [verb (intransitive)] > conspire
collude1525
traffic1567
condescend1569
complot1579
confederate1622
collogue1646
trinket1647
trinkle1672
cabal1680
1525 Aberd. Reg. V. 15 (Jam.) Bot quhar he hes colludit with vderis.
1537 Inst. Christen Man (new ed.) H ij b He attayned the most part therof by..crafte, and specially by colludyng with great kynges.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 770 There is no doubt to be made, but that Epicurus Colluded in all this; himself not Believing a jot of it, nor any such Gods at all.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §36 529 The French sought to weaken the King by colluding with his factious Enemies.
1820 Ann. Reg. Chron. 352 Bribes..offered them to collude in the evasion.
1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 12 172 The defendant..did not collude with the plaintiffs.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > bring about by incitement > by collusion
colludea1797
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II II. 68 This war had been colluded and abetted.
1834 Fraser's Mag. 9 76 To collude and actuate a large portion of the moral and physical materials of the nation to mischief.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > justice or the law
undercreepa1618
collude1642
1642 T. Taylor God's Judgem. i. ii. xxi. 249 Compacting shall not infringe or collude the sacred Law.
1679 T. Puller Moderation Church of Eng. (1843) 122 Any loose sense [of oaths], that the taker by any evasion may collude the design of the law.
Derivatives
coˈlluding n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy
conspiracyc1386
conspiration1388
confederationc1530
faction1549
conspiring1561
combination1593
complotment1594
confederacy1594
complotting1607
colluding1611
compacta1616
trinketing1646
caballinga1680
cabal1738
colloguing1880
collogue1887
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adjective] > conspiring
trafficking1592
colluding1611
conspiranta1616
colloguing1620
conspiratious1652
complotting1682
caballing1690
confederating1697
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Colludant, colluding, dealing by cousin.
1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 43 Time-serving colluding with the state.
1678 H. More Let. 25 May 40 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) Some colluding Knave suborned by the Witch.
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