Quote Originally Posted by MageBlack View Post
Sorry if I sound daft, but isnt what you just said the very definition of cahoots?

ca·hoots
kəˈho͞ots/
nouninformal
plural noun: cahoots

colluding or conspiring together secretly.
"the area is dominated by guerrillas in cahoots with drug traffickers"
synonyms: in league, colluding, in collusion, conspiring, collaborating, hand in glove, in bed
"it turned out that the commissioner was in cahoots with at least two of the managers"
No, they are not conspiring together secretly...They are profiting from their inaction. There is a profound difference.