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(Entry 1 of 2)
- a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth
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- the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses
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- bent
- [chiefly British],
- deceptive,
- dishonest,
- double-dealing,
- duplicitous,
- fast,
- fraudulent,
- guileful,
- rogue,
- shady,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- underhand,
- underhanded
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- the photo on that wall is crooked
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- out of plumb
- (or off plumb)
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- a crooked scheme to bill the government for medical services never performed
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crooked
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of crooked (Entry 2 of 2)
- crooked a finger
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- the road suddenly crooked to the left
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“Crooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crooked. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022.
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