Meanings
present singular third person colludes · participle present colluding · participle past colluded · past colluded
- intransitiveto act in concert with; to conspire.
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.
April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity FairSynonyms: to be in cahoots, conspire, plot, scheme
Synonyms & antonyms
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verbact in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
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Origin
- Latincollūdere
- Englishcollude
* From Latin collūdere, from con- and lūdere (“to play”).
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Catalan conspirar
- conspirarto conspire
Dutch colluderen, samenzweren
- colluderento conspire
- samenzwerento conspire
- samenspannento conspire
Finnish juonitella, toimia salaliitossa
- juonitellato conspire
- toimia salaliitossato conspire
French faire collusion, comploter
- faire collusionto conspire
- comploterto conspire
- colluderto conspire
German zusammenspielen, kolludieren
- zusammenspielento conspire
- kolludierento conspire
- konspirierento conspire
- zusammenwirkento conspire
- heimlich kooperierento conspire
- unter einer Decke stecken mitto conspire
Greek συνωμοτώ
- συνωμοτώ (synomotó)to conspire
Hungarian összejátszik
- összejátszikto conspire
Russian сгова́риваться, сговори́ться
- сгова́риваться (sgovárivatʹsja)to conspire
- сговори́ться (sgovorítʹsja)to conspire
Spanish coludir, conspirar
- coludirto conspire
- conspirarto conspire
- apaniguarseto conspire
- apaniaguarseto conspire
- apañaguarseto conspire
Swedish konspirera, stå i maskopi
- konspirerato conspire
- stå i maskopito conspire
- spela under täcketto conspire
Ukrainian змовля́тися, змо́витися
- змовля́тися (zmovljátysja)to conspire
- змо́витися (zmóvytysja)to conspire
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Cite this entry
collude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collude
“collude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collude. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collude,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collude.
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