ca·hoot /kəˈhut/
  合夥,共謀
  Ca·hoot n.  Partnership; league; as, to go in cahoot (or in cahoots) with a person.  Usually used in the plural, and in modern usage often used to imply that the joint effort is unethical, shady, questionable, or illegal; as, a shill in cahoots with a pickpocket, to serve as a distraction. [Slang, southwestern U. S.]
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