Meaning & use
cahoot
A secret partnership or collusion, almost always used in the plural phrase 'in cahoots with.'
See it in a sentence
Investigators suspected the clerk was in cahoots with the shoplifters.
The two rival companies were rumored to be in cahoots on pricing.
A note on using this word
Cahoot is rarely used outside the fixed phrase 'in cahoots with,' which usually implies secretive or dishonest cooperation.
Words with a similar meaning
collusionconspiracy
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