cahoots
/kəˈhuːts/plural noun
(用于短语in cahoots)
- informal colluding or conspiring together secretly〈非正式〉秘密同伙, 同谋：
the area is dominated by guerrillas in cahoots with drug traffickers.
该地区被与毒贩沆瀣一气的游击队控制着。
词源
early 19th cent. (originally US)： of unknown origin.