cahoots
Britishplural noun
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partnership; league (esp in the phrases go in cahoots with, go cahoot )
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in collusion
Etymology
Origin of cahoots
C19: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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They could charge pretty much whatever they wanted, because it was almost impossible to find a landlord who wasn’t in cahoots with a broker.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
It estimated that 66 percent of the around $5.5 billion generated by mining each year was controlled by political elites working in cahoots with organized crime through murky public-private "strategic alliances."
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Leagues and teams are compliant, often in paid cahoots with secondary sellers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
“We’re almost all in cahoots, or unconsciously have agreed to society being this way . . . and we’ve been born into it,” she said.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025
To prove that the two of them were in cahoots, an ABI agent asked Myers to meet Walter McMillian at a store while agents monitored the interaction.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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