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COLLUSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does collusive mean?
• COLLUSIVE (adjective)
The adjective COLLUSIVE has 1 sense:
1. acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
Familiarity information: COLLUSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
Synonyms:
collusive; conniving
Similar:
covert (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed)
Derivation:
collude (act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose)
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