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crooked

[krook-id, krookt]

adjective

  1. not straight; bending; curved.

    a crooked path.

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  2. askew; awry.

    The picture on the wall seems to be crooked.

  3. deformed.

    a man with a crooked back.

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  4. not straightforward; dishonest.

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  5. bent and often raised or moved to one side, as a finger or neck.

  6. (of a coin) polygonal.

    a crooked sixpence.



crooked

/ ˈʊɪ /

adjective

  1. bent, angled or winding

  2. set at an angle; not straight

  3. deformed or contorted

  4. informaldishonest or illegal

  5. informalhostile or averse to

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • crookedly adverb
  • crookedness noun
  • uncrooked adjective
  • uncrookedly adverb
  • ˈǴǰ adverb
  • ˈǴǰԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crooked1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English croked; crook 1, -ed 2
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He wants to bail his cousin out of jail and he runs afoul of the crooked local sheriff.

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It hadn’t been that long since Biden had called Trump a threat to democracy and national security and Trump had called Biden “crooked” and “low I.Q.”

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Additionally, look for James Jarvaise and Henry Taylor’s “Sometimes a straight line has to be crooked,” which positions Taylor’s paintings in dialogue with Jarvaise, his teacher.

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Advocates blame a sinister partnership of organized crime and crooked politicians for the killing of Domínguez, 38.

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He thoroughly enjoyed watching his teammates put crooked numbers on the scoreboard.

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