Collude
(Col*lude") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Colluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Colluding.] [L. colludere, - lusum;
col- + ludere to play. See Ludicrous.] 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.
Colluder
(Col*lud"er) n. One who conspires in a fraud.
Collum
(||Col"lum) n.; pl. Colla [L., neck.]
1. (Anat.) A neck or cervix. Dunglison.
2. (Bot.) Same as Collar. Gray.
Collusion
(Col*lu"sion) n. [L. collusio: cf. F. collusion. See Collude.]
1. A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's
hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
The foxe, maister of collusion.
Spenser.
That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect
artifice and collusion.
Atterbury.
By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was
bad and the price excessive.
Swift.
2. (Law) An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of
law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. Bouvier. Abbott.
Syn. — Collusion, Connivance. A person who is guilty of connivance intentionally overlooks, and thus
sanctions what he was bound to prevent. A person who is guilty of collusion unites with others (playing
into their hands) for fraudulent purposes.
Collusive
(Col*lu"sive) a.
1. Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion. "Collusive and sophistical arguings." J. Trapp.
"Collusive divorces." Strype.
2. Acting in collusion. "Collusive parties." Burke.
— Col*lu"sive*ly, adv. — Col*lu"sive*ness, n.
Collusory
(Col*lu"so*ry) a. [L. collusorius.] Collusive.
Collutory
(Col"lu*to*ry) n. [L. colluere, collutum, to wash.] (Med.) A medicated wash for the mouth.
Colly
(Col"ly) n. [From Coal.] The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton.
Colly
(Col"ly), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Collying.] To render black or dark, as of
with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.]
Thou hast not collied thy face enough.
B. Jonson.
Brief as the lighting in the collied night.
Shak.
Colly
(Col"ly) n. A kind of dog. See Collie.
