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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from French cahute 'small wooden building'

cahoots

 noun
     
ca‧hoots

be in cahoots (with somebody)

to be working secretly with another person or group, especially in order to do something dishonest:
The Forest Service and the timber industry were in cahoots.
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