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)

And for a little thing like that you're willing to give me my honest share of a crooked deal!

From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana

But I don't mix into his personal quarrels, unless I see him getting a crooked deal.

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto