1
: not straight
a crooked road
Your tie is crooked.
2
: dishonest
a crooked election
crooked politicians
crookedly
adverb
crookedness
noun
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Ali spends his first night straightening the crooked art on the walls.
—
Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Others see only half the face as crooked or malformed.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
Look for anything loose, crooked, damaged, or scratched.
—Dalia Faheid, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
The students, Murillo declared, had been abducted by crooked municipal police from Iguala and neighboring towns.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
German was a local legend – renowned for his reporting on infamous mobsters, crooked politicians and murderers.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2024
And if that wasn’t bad enough, the subsequent falsehoods by the former president and his supporters about what actually happened on this infamous day have now bent reality for many Republican voters, the majority of whom tell polls the 2020 election was crooked.
—Keith Kloor, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2024
Even before Missouri voters legalized medical marijuana in 2018, the FBI had launched a sting operation aimed at ensnaring crooked politicians around Kansas City willing to cash in on what would become a billion-dollar industry.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
Danvers hides the truth about the spate of Ennis deaths (the scientists, and that of crooked Hank Prior in last week's episode) from investigators.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Others see only half the face as crooked or malformed.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
Look for anything loose, crooked, damaged, or scratched.
—Dalia Faheid, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
The students, Murillo declared, had been abducted by crooked municipal police from Iguala and neighboring towns.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
German was a local legend – renowned for his reporting on infamous mobsters, crooked politicians and murderers.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2024
And if that wasn’t bad enough, the subsequent falsehoods by the former president and his supporters about what actually happened on this infamous day have now bent reality for many Republican voters, the majority of whom tell polls the 2020 election was crooked.
—Keith Kloor, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2024
Even before Missouri voters legalized medical marijuana in 2018, the FBI had launched a sting operation aimed at ensnaring crooked politicians around Kansas City willing to cash in on what would become a billion-dollar industry.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
Danvers hides the truth about the spate of Ennis deaths (the scientists, and that of crooked Hank Prior in last week's episode) from investigators.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Crooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crooked. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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