Definition of "conflates" [conflates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflate. (verb)

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• "The title conflates several emblematic gay rom-coms."
• "The popular fury against ‘banksters’, which conflates hostility to the established financial complex with hostility to the profession of banking as such, bothers me for similar reasons- it’s about “how dare your loyalties be ‘impersonal’, or outside our community”- the term conflates that which is economic without being civic with the criminal."
• "Like, during a debate, when he again conflates Iraqi insurgents with Al-Qaeda."