adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a collusive manner; by fraudulent agreement, deceptively.

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1746.  W. Thompson, R. N. Advoc. (1757), 49. Both must act collusively, like two knavish Lawyers for a mutual Benefit.

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1765–9.  Blackstone, Comm., III. 16 (R.). The land might have been aliened collusively without the consent of the superior.

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1849.  Macaulay, Hist. Eng., II. 85. There can be no reasonable doubt that the dissenting judge was … acting collusively.

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