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cahoots
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cahoots, n.pl.
Idiom
in cahoots (often foll. by with) sl. in collusion.
Etymology
19th c.: orig. uncert.
THESAURUS
cahoots
accompaniment, accordance, affiliation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, association, co-working, coaction, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, coincidence, collaboration, colleagueship, collectivity, collegialism, collegiality, collusion, combination, combined effort, comradeship, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confluence, confraternity, conjunction, consilience, consolidation, conspiracy, cooperation, copartnership, copartnery, correspondence, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, freemasonry, fusion, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration, junction, league, merger, parasitism, partnership, saprophytism, simultaneity, sodality, sorority, symbiosis, synchronism, synergy, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, united actionFor further exploring for "cahoots" in Webster Dictionary Online