'Cahoot' definitions:
Definition of 'cahoot'
From: WordNet
noun
Collusion; "in cahoots with"
Definition of 'Cahoot'
From: GCIDE
- Cahoot \Ca*hoot"\, n. [Perhaps fr. f. cohorte a company or band.] 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.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster +PJC]