Difference between Conspire and Collude

CONSPIRE vs COLLUDE: VERB

Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
To secretly plot or make plans together, often used regarding something bad or illegal.
To agree, to concur to one end.
To try to bring about.
Act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose

To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
To join or act together; combine.
To plan or plot secretly.
To concur to one end; to agree.
To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together.

To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
To act together, often in secret, to achieve an illegal or improper purpose.

Literally, to breathe together (with); breathe in unison or accord, as in singing.
To plot; plan; devise; contrive; scheme for.
Synonyms To intrigue. To combine, concur, unite, cooperate.
Figuratively, to concur to one end; act in unison; contribute jointly to a certain result: as, all things conspired to make him prosperous.
To agree by oath, covenant, or otherwise to commit a reprehensible or illegal act; engage in a conspiracy; plot; especially, hatch treason.

To conspire in a fraud or deception; act in concert through a secret understanding; play into one another's hands. See collusion.

Implicate, Orchestrate, Betray, Suborn, Concoct, Manipulate, Abet, Contrive, Connive, Agree, Contribute, Plot, Complot, Cabal, Collude

Implicate, Cooperate, Deceive, Cajole, Meddle, Perpetrate, Subvert, Blackmail, Coerce, Monopolize, Suborn, Abet, Manipulate, Connive, Conspire

Scheming, Coconspire, Threaten, Imprison, Subvert, Implicate, Betray, Concoct, Manipulate, Abet, Contrive, Connive, Agree, Contribute, Cabal

Insinuate, Hoodwink, Browbeat, Implicate, Cooperate, Deceive, Cajole, Meddle, Perpetrate, Subvert, Blackmail, Monopolize, Abet, Manipulate, Connive

The girls relish their newlygained power and collude to entrench it.
We all need to collude on getting rid of this word.
To participate in or collude with the oppression of a group.
Palpatine being from Naboo could mean that they collude as well.
Unsurprisingly, courts usually consider invitations to collude an important plus factor.
Websites could collude together to aggregate data and track users.
BTW, Matt Flynn did not collude with the Russians.
By choosing instead to collude, they forfeited this right.
Why would owners want to collude against players?
Gary Putka, Do Colleges Collude on Financial Aid?