1
: not straight
a crooked road
Your tie is crooked.
2
: dishonest
a crooked election
crooked politicians
crookedly
adverb
crookedness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of crooked in a Sentence
a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth
the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses
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Our Founding Fathers went out of their way to put into place checks and balances to keep the crooked deals and slimy words at bay.
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Patrick Wallis, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
Is Stone suggesting people should just shrug off corruption because there were crooked politicians in Ancient Rome too?
—Brent Lang, Variety, 19 May 2024
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Patrick Wallis, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
Is Stone suggesting people should just shrug off corruption because there were crooked politicians in Ancient Rome too?
—Brent Lang, Variety, 19 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for crooked
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“Crooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crooked. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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