cahoots

The definition of cahoots means to be in a secret partnership.

(noun)

The relationship that President Bush said was between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda is an example of being in cahoots.

See cahoots in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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plural noun

Slang partnership; league: chiefly in phrase , in league (with): usually applied to questionable dealing or to conspiracy

Origin: < ?

See cahoots in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun
Informal

Questionable collaboration; secret partnership: an accountant in cahoots with organized crime.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from French cahute, cabin

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , possibly blend of cabane; see cabin

Origin: , and hutte; see hut

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