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ca·hoots   (kə-hōōts')   
pl.n.   Informal
Questionable collaboration; secret partnership: an accountant in cahoots with organized crime.

[Perhaps from French cahute, cabin, from Old French, possibly blend of cabane; see cabin, and hutte; see hut.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

cahoots 
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1829, Amer.Eng., perhaps from Fr. cahute "cabin;" but other sources suggest Fr. cohorte.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

cahoots

see under in league with.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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