cahoots
- noun
- /kəˈhuːts/
- Informal
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complicidad
- The detectives believed the robber was in cahoots with an insider at the bank.
So phase one of our whole drive, that whole, like, big area that we did, they're all in cahoots with these nutcrackers.
- So phase one of our whole drive, that whole, like, big area that we did, they're all in cahoots with these nutcrackers.
- In this case, it's a complex system with a narcissistic parent who's in cahoots with the narcissistic adult child.
- And I think that was, I mean, that it certainly gave the impression that people were in cahoots.
- They took his computers because they thought that Rob had been in cahoots with him and they've been working together now on the computers that they took.
- Nancy's a she's in cahoots of the Chinese.
- The idea of of big pharma and big medicine being in cahoots to.
- So we don't have this like Cinderella is lying to the Prince the whole time they're in cahoots.
- And if you think that's easy, you have another thought coming because you and your talent are in cahoots.
- And he said that those were the ones he felt were in cahoots with, with the pattern of Jeffrey Epstein.
Examples
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Obviously he's in cahoots with the Chinese media.
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They're sort of in cahoots, but all they do is tax you more.
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He had been heavily in cahoots with Mobutu back in the battle days, if you will.
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In this case, it's a complex system with a narcissistic parent who's in cahoots with the narcissistic adult child.
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Bandits like Rocky Guinard could be in cahoots with the French Huguenots, Huguenots with the French Protestants.
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Unbeknownst to them, they were about to be betrayed, for Eritrea was now in cahoots with the Spartans in a ploy to sabotage their Athenian allies.
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The local politicians were suspected of being in cahoots with the developers to push the new construction project.
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It turned out that the two companies were in cahoots to manipulate the market prices unfairly.
Synonyms
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5.5
A secret plan by a group to do something illegal or harmful
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8.4
Secret deal by people or companies to cheat others
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8.4
Taking part with others in a crime
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7.6
Secretly working together to do something dishonest
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7.0
Working secretly with other people to do dishonest things
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8.6
Secret or dishonest actions that try to cheat people
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9.9
Secret help that allows someone to do something illegal
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How Secretive
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Etymology
Cahoots is probably from an old word like cahute meaning 'hut' or from a word like cohort meaning 'group'. A helpful image is people hiding together in a small hut or group to make secret plans, so to be in cahoots means secretly working together, often for something dishonest.