crooked

  • 21crooked — crook|ed [ krukəd ] adjective 1. ) not straight: Your tie s crooked. a crooked smile/nose/teeth 2. ) INFORMAL dishonest and likely to do illegal things, especially in order to get money: CORRUPT: a crooked lawyer crooked deals ╾ crook|ed|ly… …

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  • 22crooked — adjective 1) narrow, crooked streets Syn: winding, twisting, zigzag, meandering, tortuous, serpentine 2) a crooked spine Syn: bent, twisted, misshapen, deformed, malformed …

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  • 23crooked — UK [ˈkrʊkɪd] / US [ˈkrʊkəd] adjective 1) not straight Your tie s crooked. a crooked smile/nose/teeth 2) informal dishonest and likely to do illegal things, especially in order to get money a crooked lawyer crooked deals Derived word: crookedly… …

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  • 24Crooked — Crook Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Crook peut faire référence à: Edward Crook, un boxer américain, George Crook, un général de l US Army, John Crook, un chercheur britannique,… …

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  • 25crooked — /ˈkrʊkəd / (say krookuhd) adjective 1. bent; not straight; curved. 2. deformed. 3. Colloquial dishonest: a crooked deal. –phrase Colloquial 4. crooked as a dog s hind leg, extremely dishonest. 5. crooked on, angry with. {Middle English, Old… …

  • 26crooked — adjective /krʊkt/ a) Not straight; having one or more bends or angles. We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill. b) Set at an angle; not vertical or square. That picture is crooked could yo …

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  • 27crooked — adjective 1 dishonest: a crooked cop 2 bent, twisted, or not in a straight line: Her teeth were all crooked. crookedly adverb crookedness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28Crooked — Crook Crook (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooked} (kr??kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crooking}.] [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr?ka, Dan. kr?ge. See Crook, n.] 1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. [1913 Webster] Crook the pregnant hinges of the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29crooked — adj. Crooked is used with these nouns: ↑grin, ↑nose, ↑politician, ↑smile, ↑tooth …

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  • 30crooked — Deviating from rectitude or uprightness; not straightforward; dishonest; wrong; perverse. A crook is a dishonest person; one who is crooked in conduct; a tricky or underhand schemer; a thief or swindler …

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