Col·lude v. i. [imp. & p. p. Colluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Colluding.]  To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
     If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition.   --Burke.
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