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cahoots

 
Dictionary: ca·hoots   (kə-hūts') pronunciation
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.]


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[perhaps fr. F. cahute, cabin, hut]  collaboration, collusion
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: collusion


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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - kompagni, ledtog

idioms:

  • be in cahoots with    være i ledtog med

Nederlands (Dutch)
bondgenootschap

Français (French)
n. pl. - alliance, partenariat

idioms:

  • in cahoots with    être de mèche avec

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Bündnis

idioms:

  • in cahoots with    unter einer Decke stecken mit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - κολεγιά

idioms:

  • be in cahoots with    είμαι σε συνεννόηση με (για τη διάπραξη αδικήματος)

Italiano (Italian)
combutta

idioms:

  • be in cahoots with    essere in combutta con

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - sociedade (f), pacto (m)

idioms:

  • be in cahoots with    estar mancomunado com

Русский (Russian)
сговор

idioms:

  • be in cahoots with    быть в сговоре с кем-либо

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - confabulación, alianza

idioms:

  • in cahoots with    estar conchabado con, estar confabulado con, en alianza con, junto con

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - partnerskap, företag, samarbete

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
合伙, 同谋

idioms:

  • be in cahoots with    与...勾结, 与...共谋

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 合伙, 同謀

idioms:

  • be in cahoots with    與...勾結, 與...共謀

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 공동, 한패

idioms:

  • be in cahoots with    한통속이 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 共同

idioms:

  • be in cahoots with    共謀して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) اتفاق, تعاون وثيق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮קנוניה, שותפות‬


 
 
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