This just Has to be related somewhere to cohorts.ca·hoots (k-hts)
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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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsNoun 1. cahoots - collusion; "in cahoots with"
connivance, collusion - agreement on a secret plot
mark in-cohoots Bailey
hope this isn't too negative, I'm reading murder mysteries, written by a sequepedalian