Thesaurus results for COLLUDES

colludes

verb

present tense third-person singular of collude

as in plots

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 colludes Orbán's campaign has been wracked by reports that his government colludes with Moscow, and tension has risen over government efforts to crack down on his political opponents. —

Catherine Belton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2026

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Goldman here plots the earnings-revisions trend for 2027 among AI-infrastructure plays, energy companies, the overall S & P 500 and the rest of the S & P outside of AI and energy.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026
While the story is fundamentally the same as the original production — man discovers wife is having an affair, man then plots for his wife’s murder, man then must evade the cops — Hatcher brings the story to the 21st century in many ways.

— Amy Reyes May 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026