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Definition of “cahoots”

cahoots (kəˈhuːts Pronunciation for cahoots

Definitions

plural noun

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

Word Origin

C19: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences Including 'cahoots'

"I have never taken part in any long, organised rebellions in cahoots with Labour.
Sun, News of the World (2001)
All right, it doesn't seem very likely, though Steel was in cahoots with Ripley, wasn't he?
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
In cahoots with one Brian Lane -- the manager of the 70s prog-rock group Yes -- he began talks with Creation about a partial buy-out.
John Harris THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock (2003)
Is it possible - as a jihadi website alleged yesterday - that members of the security forces were somehow in cahoots with al Qaeda?
New Zealand Herald (2004)
It would similarly be entirely rational for al-Qaeda and Iraq to be in cahoots , because they have a bigger, common enemy: the USA.
Spiked (2003)
She claims Mariani confessed to her that he pushed Baranovski, but, Fishbayn said, she's in " cahoots " with Lipschitz.
Toronto Sun (2003)
Whether Scowcroft was in cahoots with Poppy or not, he triggered other pronouncements that made everyone in Washington jump.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
`And I am not having you and him in cahoots against me, Martin!
Mosco, Maisie Out of the Ashes
`Somebody must have been in cahoots with somebody else, somewhere along the line.
Hilton, John Buxton Passion in the Peak

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