adj ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose.

   "Do not trust to what the French papers say about it. All their encomiums are collusive."

Adjective

1. 1
   acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

accompanyingagreeingartfulassociatedbyzantinecalculating

Example

More examples

"Tom is convinced his teachers are in a collusive plot to force him to learn."

Etymology

From Latin collūs- + -ive, from Latin collūdere, from con- + lūdere.

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