crook
Example Sentences
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It being crooked was kind of making me itch.
From Literature
It can’t be counted in the number of crooks brought to justice.
The 20th-century culture business produced “profound” popular art even though its contracts were exploitative beyond the dreams of neoliberalism and its middlemen were often crooks.
The innocent-faced O’Connor excels at crooks and suckers and fittingly, his Jud describes himself as “young, dumb and full of Christ.”
From Los Angeles Times
The non-fisherwoman is also brandishing a crooked staff, curved at the top like a wooden candy cane.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
