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
"It's a crooked deal, then," says I. And right there I began to get a glimmer of the kind of game she was up against.
From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)
He had planned to carry this thing through as a large joke, and here he was mixed up in a crooked deal if ever there was one.
From The City of Fire by Hill, Grace Livingston
Anyway, he had rivals, and he made a crooked deal with some of the railroad people— gave them stock you know—and got rebates.
From Samuel the Seeker by Sinclair, Upton
