cahoots

British  

/ kəˈhuːts /

plural noun

1. partnership; league (esp in the phrases go in cahoots with, go cahoot )

2. in collusion

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cahoots Idioms  

1. see under in league with.

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Etymology

Origin of cahoots

C19: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

“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

For its part, the M23 said the DR Congo army had launched an air and ground assault against its positions, and this was done in cahoots with Burundian forces.

From BBC

“Don’t tell me you two are in cahoots! How cheeky. Does that mean we can go to bed now? I am quite exhausted; what a dull evening it has been.”

From Literature

“My aunt was crying and my mom was just losing her cahoots trying to do everything.”

From Los Angeles Times

Within hours of arriving in Venice, he begins to suspect that the city itself, with its disorienting streets and shady denizens, is somehow in cahoots with his sphinxlike wife to betray him.

From The Wall Street Journal