in cahoots

phrase

informal
: working together or making plans together in secret
I think those two are in cahoots.
—usually + with
He was robbed by a man who was in cahoots with the bartender.

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El-Hosseiny has claimed to be a filmmaker who is working to clear Holmes’s name, but Fielder seems surprised that Evans would be in cahoots with someone who doesn’t seem to have the best interest in protecting Holmes’s image. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026 One Jewish leader suggested Bonta was in cahoots with Ruffalo. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Cretton gets things going with a wowser of an action sequence as Spider-Man, in cahoots with police detective Jean DeWolff (a fine Liza Colon-Zayas), sets out to save the day confronting bad guy Scorpion (Michael Mando) who is on the loose. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 July 2026 This is a tough one, because all three parties — the Giants, the acquiring team, and Chapman — need to be in cahoots. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for in cahoots

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