cahoots

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It estimated that 66 percent of the around $5.5 billion generated by mining each year was controlled by political elites working in cahoots with organized crime through murky public-private "strategic alliances."

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

If she’s not in cahoots with the unnervingly blasé doctor, she’s at least in agreement with the implacable timetable he’s laid out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Leagues and teams are compliant, often in paid cahoots with secondary sellers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“We’re almost all in cahoots, or unconsciously have agreed to society being this way . . . and we’ve been born into it,” she said.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025

The fresh-faced blond woman, with cheeks as delicate as a china doll’s, was in cahoots with a killer?

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan