crooked
Example Sentences
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Cooper had heard some police in Mexico were crooked, but he never imagined the government would ignore the takeover of a gold mine.
From Los Angeles Times
From a leg-stump line, the ball appeared to then move in the air in the opposite direction, past Cook's crooked grope to kiss the top of off stump.
From BBC
"It was never meant to be controversial but clearly, other than the crooked spire, Chesterfield right at this moment is more famous for this flag."
From BBC
Mr. Milei ran on a promise to throw out a crooked political class, so a couple of corruption scandals in his own government haven’t helped.
Cheever had been struggling to finish a novel and was furious at his daughter and her crooked teeth for interrupting him.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
