"collude" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is used to describe an agreement between two or more people or parties to work together, often secretively, towards a common goal. Example sentence: The two companies colluded to form a monopoly on the market.
We know that all kinds of organisations – from banks to political movements – can generate a culture of perverted loyalty in which otherwise decent people will collude in crimes "for the greater good".
However, since all students – including those who write for themselves – are subject to the same assignments, deadlines and assessment criteria, it is unfair for universities to collude tacitly with ghostwriting.
And candidates collude in this, sending their partners on the campaign trail, conducting joint interviews and giving them prime time slots at the conventions.
It had the authority, indeed the majesty, to compel victims and their families to collude in their own abuse and to keep hideous crimes secret for decades.
Further down, policemen, immigration officials and others collude with brokers and factory owners.
Whoever said what to whom, in whatever order and on whoever's yacht or terrace, the affair does matter, for three reasons.The first involves rich Russians and their efforts to launder their reputations and the willingness of politicians of all stripes to collude with them.
Local officials are promoted for meeting economic performance targets and some collude for personal gain with the dambuilders.
The system prevents "sweethearting"—the practice by which cashiers collude in a theft, either by failing to scan an item or by entering the wrong price.
Should the deal go ahead and Televisa and Salinas become partners in the phone market, the concern is that Televisa and Azteca would be tempted to collude in the television market, where they are still rivals.
Unlike Mr Pastrana, Mr Uribe does not rule out talking to the AUC.The security forces devote far more effort to battling the guerrillas than the AUC, with whom some officers collude.
Messrs Harsanyi, Nash and Selten have honed it into the sharp tool economists use today.In the early 1950s Mr Nash produced a compelling way of working out how games will end up when players cannot commit themselves, or do not want to collude with each other.
