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colludecollude /kəˈlud/ verb [intransitive] formal ETYMOLOGYcolludeOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin colludere, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + ludere to play VERB TABLEcollude |
Present | I, you, we, they | collude | | he, she, it | colludes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | colluded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have colluded | | he, she, it | has colluded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had colluded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will collude | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have colluded |
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Present | I | am colluding | | he, she, it | is colluding | | you, we, they | are colluding | Past | I, he, she, it | was colluding | | you, we, they | were colluding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been colluding | | he, she, it | has been colluding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been colluding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be colluding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been colluding |
to work with someone secretly, especially in order to do something dishonest or illegal: collude with Officials were accused of colluding with drug traffickers. |