cahoots

Example Sentences

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With no independent justice system in place, opponents of the M23 faced repression, some accused of being in cahoots with the pro-government militia.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

For its part, the M23 said the DR Congo army had launched an air and ground assault against its positions, and this was done in cahoots with Burundian forces.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

“My aunt was crying and my mom was just losing her cahoots trying to do everything.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

Within hours of arriving in Venice, he begins to suspect that the city itself, with its disorienting streets and shady denizens, is somehow in cahoots with his sphinxlike wife to betray him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Like I was in cahoots with Grandpa, I snored softly.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns