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collusive
collusive [ kə lssiv ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
involving secret cooperation: secretly cooperating or involving secret cooperation in order to do something illegal or underhanded
[Late 17th century. < Latin collus- (see collusion)]

collusively adverb
collusiveness noun
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