Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - collude

(colludes, colluding, colluded) If one person colludes with another, they co-operate with them secretly or illegally. Several local officials are in jail on charges of colluding with the Mafia... My mother colluded in the myth of him as the swanky businessman... The store’s ‘no refunds’ policy makes it harder for dishonest cashiers and customers to collude. V-RECIP: V with n, V in n/-ing, pl-n V c darkgreen]disapproval