collusive

adjective

Definition of collusivenext
as in conspiratorial

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collusive
  1. conspiratorial
  2. clandestine
  3. covert
  4. surreptitious
  5. undisclosed
Adjective
  • Most Americans today trust how votes are counted in their own jurisdiction but grow increasingly conspiratorial when asked how votes are counted in further-off or more politically opposed corners of the country.
    The Editors, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Exactly how Paul Kevin Curtis ended up being framed for a presidential assassination attempt is more complex and conspiratorial than news reports could capture at the time.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of conspiratorial
Adjective
  • For many young adults, the season of joy was a clandestine opportunity to enjoy their favorite herb in a hush-hush, counterculture way.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • What the seventh art has been notoriously bad at is exploring the concept of female desire, in all of its complexities and clandestine, dark-corner complications.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of clandestine
Adjective
  • Since the election, Musk has not faded into the shadows, content with backroom meetings and covert influence.
    Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In what is typically a covert arrangement hidden from the public, dozens of armed law enforcement agents awaited Mangione’s arrival at the Wall Street heliport Thursday, along with Mayor Adams and throngs of photographers tipped off by the cops.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of covert
Adjective
  • However, when intentions are left surreptitious, fashion can be used as a political weapon.
    Chloe Iris Kennedy, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The center, which opened in 2022, is responsible for deciphering, and defeating, surreptitious efforts to rig or tilt the American vote.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of surreptitious
Adjective
  • The game quickly gained hundreds of thousands of players and was later bought by The New York Times for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The money came from an undisclosed list of individuals and institutions, bringing Prometheum's total raised to around $64.3 million.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of undisclosed
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“Collusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusive. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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