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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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
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 • Dec. 4, 2025
“My aunt was crying and my mom was just losing her cahoots trying to do everything.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025
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 • Oct. 9, 2025
They're not sure why this perplexed, panting officer is looking at all of them like they're in cahoots.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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