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
Some crooked deal like that, you may be assured.
From Polly and Eleanor by Barbour, Harold S.
“You mean there’s been a crooked deal put over on Mack?”
From Captain Pott's Minister by Cooper, Francis L. (Francis Le Roy)
After I’d gathered them in and the Federal Court had helped me hand ’em what was over-due, I started on a long, long trail after the big guy that had planned the crooked deal.
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
