Question of the Day #85

"Yet now one piece of the Trump-Russia puzzle has been clearly depicted: Trump's national security adviser was in cahoots with Russia to undermine the US government's effort to punish Moscow for hacking the US election—and he apparently lied about it."
From the first sentence of the second paragraph of this article at Mother Jones.
この記事の第２段落の最初のセンテンスより。

上記の文で、in cahootsの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "in cahoots" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


《be ～》共謀している、ぐるになっている

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

in conspiracy with someone; in league with someone.

Etymology/語源

Dictionary.comによると、

1829年頃。語源は不明であるが、フランス語のcahute （山小屋、キャビン）の可能性がある。

According to Dictionary.com:

[1829+; origin uncertain; perhaps French cahute, ''cabin'']

Examples

• in cahoots with the enemy.
• The mayor is in cahoots with the construction company that　got the contract for the new building.
• Those two have been in cahoots before.
• She was in cahoots with this guy who was smuggling drugs across the border.
• He was robbed by a man who was in cahoots with the bartender.