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

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

And the very reason why your man Olsen was inclined to suspect Stephen Gresham was that he had had trouble with Rivers about a crooked deal Rivers had put over on him.

From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam

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