crooked deal

Example Sentences

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One would almost feel better if the deal was crooked because a crooked deal would be the exception.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2017

According to Satterlee, Pierpont merely lent the money used in this crooked deal, taking only a normal commission for himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

That’s his job, when he ain’t licking old Judson Eells’ boots or framing up some crooked deal with Flappum; and then he went back and told Eells.

From Wunpost by Coolidge, Dane

Then, knowing that Frayne had cloaked his whole crooked deal in protective technicalities of the law, knowing that his act could be punished, he left New York.

From Wolf Breed by Gregory, Jackson

Once you pull off a crooked deal, they'll switch and swear by you.

From The Border Legion by Grey, Zane