cahoots

cahoots
cahoots [kə ho͞ots′ ]
pl.n.
< ?
Slang partnership; league: chiefly in phrase in cahoots (with), in league (with): usually applied to questionable dealing or to conspiracy

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ca·hoots (kə-ho͞otsʹ) pl.n. Informal
Questionable collaboration; secret partnership:

an accountant in cahoots with organized crime.

  [Perhaps from French cahute, cabin, from Old French, possibly blend of cabane; see cabin, and hutte. See hut.]

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