what is colluded?
intr.v. colÂ·ludÂ·ed, colÂ·ludÂ·ing, colÂ·ludes. To act together, often in secret, to achieve an illegal or improper purpose: The managers and the union leaders regularly colluded to rob the plantations at the expense of the workers (Daniel Wilkinson). [Latin collÅ«dere : com-, com- + lÅ«dere, to play; see leid- in Indo-European roots.]