in cahoots meaning

• (slang)
    In collusion (with)
• 
  [American idiom]
  in conspiracy with someone; in league with someone.(Folksy.)
  • The mayor is in cahoots with the construction company that got the contract for the new building.
  • Those two have been in cahoots before.
  
• 
  [American slang]
  Rur. in conspiracy with someone; in league with someone.
    The mayor is in cahoots with the construction company that got the contract for the new building.
    Those two have been in cahoots before.

• cahoots:    n. [plural]be in c ...
• in cahoots with:    [British slang]Phr ...
• go cahoots:    To go shares

Examples

1. the two criminals were in cahoots ( with each other)
2. what is it with you and lars ? io'm beginning to wonder ifyou aren't in cahoots
3. the two friends decided to go in cahoots in business by buying a candy store together
4. what is it with you and lars ? i'm beginning to wonder ifyou aren't in cahoots
5. Use your head : Pullman and the aliens were in cahoots.