in league with

1. Also, in cahoots with. In close cooperation or in partnership with, often secretly or in a conspiracy. For example, “For anybody on the road might be a robber, or in league with robbers” (Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1859), or We suspect that the mayor is in cahoots with the construction industry. The first term dates from the mid-1500s. The variant, a colloquialism dating from the early 1800s, may come from the French cahute, “a small hut or cabin,” and may allude to the close quarters in such a dwelling.

Example Sentences

Not once did I suspect him of being in league with the devil, though he did wear a lot of black.

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But, for many, Wikipedia wasn’t in league with the typical culture-war boogeymen: Disney, drag queens, Rachel Maddow’s dark-rimmed glasses.

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Vaccine mandates made Americans think Big Pharma was in league with the government.

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“It shatters the bonds of citizenship by conceptualizing our political opponents as enemies who are literally in league with the devil…If we are convinced that God is for us and against them, after all, what means of winning would not be justified?”

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The corruption revelations tend to range from the somewhat venal — party bigwigs living on limited government salaries enjoying lavish lifestyles — to more insidious allegations of Morena officials in league with organized crime.

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