1
: not straight
a crooked road
Your tie is crooked.
2
: dishonest
a crooked election
crooked politicians
crookedly
adverb
crookedness
noun
Examples of crooked in a Sentence
a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth
the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses
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The dust of Ogunleye, the crooked end of the street, the large canal by my uncle’s shop, the small stream of water that flowed behind our house into the large canal at the other end of the street, the foul smell that overcame the street the first time, the getting used to, the boys.
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Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
For a Chicago Cubs lineup that has struggled lately to consistently score runs, let alone put up a crooked number, Friday’s opener against the Colorado Rockies provided the ideal bounce-back environment coming off the sweep in San Francisco.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Since 2014, the scheme brought in around $50 million in crooked donations, the prosecutors' news release said.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The former president had probably dreamt of the moment of her upcoming detention before, imagining crowds of frenzied supporters standing between her and the police , unwilling to allow their leader to be soiled by the dirty hands of the crooked security forces.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
For a Chicago Cubs lineup that has struggled lately to consistently score runs, let alone put up a crooked number, Friday’s opener against the Colorado Rockies provided the ideal bounce-back environment coming off the sweep in San Francisco.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Since 2014, the scheme brought in around $50 million in crooked donations, the prosecutors' news release said.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The former president had probably dreamt of the moment of her upcoming detention before, imagining crowds of frenzied supporters standing between her and the police , unwilling to allow their leader to be soiled by the dirty hands of the crooked security forces.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Crooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crooked. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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