crocked
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Whatever the Westminster orthodoxy, under such a crocked system ownership matters.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2013
Days before the 2010 World Cup England's first-choice centre-back, Rio Ferdinand, was crocked in an accidental collision with a team-mate and ruled out of the tournament.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2012
Former Cardiff right-back Adam Matthews had been handed his competitive debut for Celtic in place of the injured Mark Wilson, while Daniel Majstorovic was in for the crocked Glenn Loovens.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2011
Leaning against a wall in the weighing room after his last ride, he played down the threat of that fall, saying he knew immediately that he had not been crocked again.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2011
Hogan was better than ever, while I had fallen away to the kind of man who Blackheath ask to play for them when half their team are crocked and the other half have influenza.
From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Charles Turley
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