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IN LEAGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in league mean? 

IN LEAGUE (adjective)
  The adjective IN LEAGUE has 1 sense:

1. (usually followed by 'with') united in effort as if in a leagueplay

  Familiarity information: IN LEAGUE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IN LEAGUE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(usually followed by 'with') united in effort as if in a league

Context example:

they found out that some policemen were in league with the criminals

Similar:

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)


 Context examples 


Presuming that it is an appointment, continued the Inspector, it is of course a conceivable theory that this William Kirwan—though he had the reputation of being an honest man, may have been in league with the thief.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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