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

Kennedy, having invited crooked dealing by his remark about the rake-off, was being approached about another crooked deal.

From The Social Gangster by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

First, because you turned down the crooked deal he offered you, for it was he who was beating the bookies, and he wanted a pal.

From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by Ferguson, W. B. M. (William Blair Morton)

So you were trying to put up a crooked deal.

From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis