: working together or making plans together in secret I think those two are in cahoots.

What the meaning of cahoots?

Cahoot is used almost exclusively in the phrase "in cahoots," which means "in an alliance or partnership." In most contexts, it describes the conspiring activity of people up to no good.

Where did the expression in cahoots originate?

One theory, supported by the Oxford English Dictionary, traces the term to a different French root: 'cahute,' meaning a cabin or temporary hut. The earliest known example comes from an 1827 item in a Georgia newspaper, the Augusta Chronicle, about a fictional backwoods orator named Barney Blinn.