in cahoots
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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
With no independent justice system in place, opponents of the M23 faced repression, some accused of being in cahoots with the pro-government militia.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
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
Is he going home at night feeling guilty and wondering, “Am I in cahoots with criminals? I guess I am.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 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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