collusive

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

collusive (comparative more collusive, superlative most collusive)

1. Secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose.
   • 1826 January 10, anonymous author, “Sketch of the Remarkable Persons who have Died in France During 1825”, in The London Magazine, volume 4, page 341:

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

   • 2010, Roger D. Blair, Jeffrey L. Harrison, “The Antitrust Laws and Monopsonistic Forms of Conduct”, in Monopsony in Law and Economics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, section 2.4 (A Taxonomy of Monopsony Cases), page 29:

     For purposes of evaluating monopsony cases from the standpoint of economic efficiency, it makes sense to adopt a "purpose"-oriented classification system. After all, all monopsony cases can be reduced to either a unilateral or collusive use of buying power in order to promote the interests of the buyer.

   • 2023 May 17, Heather Hennerich, “What Makes a Market an Oligopoly?”, in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis‎, archived from the original on 5 February 2025:

     Depending on whether they are collusive or competitive, oligopolies can be more like monopolies or more like perfect competition, respectively, as a Khan Academy video explains.

Derived terms

• collusively
• collusiveness
• noncollusive

Related terms

• collusion
• collude
• allusive
• elusive
• illusive

Anagrams

• colluvies

Italian

Adjective

collusive

1. feminine plural of collusivo