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crooked
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of CROOKED
[more crooked; most crooked]
1
: not straight不直的 : having bends and curves曲折的；有弯的
- a crooked smile/grin咧嘴笑
- a crooked path弯弯曲曲的小路
2
: not set or placed straight歪的；不正的
- a crooked tooth长歪了的牙
- The picture is crooked.那幅画没摆正。
3
informal
a : not honest不诚实的
- crooked [=corrupt, dishonest] politicians不诚实的政客
b : done to trick or deceive someone欺诈的；骗人的
- a crooked card game骗人的扑克牌游戏
— crookedly
adverb- The picture hung crookedly.那幅画挂歪了。
— crookedness
noun [noncount]
crookedly adverb
crookedness noun
Synonyms
Example Sentences
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 Our jaws are now smaller and weaker from disuse, our teeth more crowded and crooked. 
Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022 Even as old-school reporting jobs dwindled, German’s watchdog articles and columns pried back the curtain on mobsters, crooked politicians, casino titans, and just about anyone who misused wealth or power in the city. Mike Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2022 One was a sergeant with a shaved head whose uniform was half untucked and missing buttons, his necktie ripped and crooked. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022 In another, the car was parked crooked in the space (but still between the lines), and got towed. Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2022 Everyone who treats Trump well is good and constitutional; everyone who acts against him is bad and crooked. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 Employees with the Portland Housing Bureau, however, still authorized the crooked transaction, records show, marking the largest theft of public funds in the city’s history. Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2022 The only way to reach Cornello dei Tasso is via a 30-minute walk along a crooked path. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 But don’t be too quick to declare an unbalanced tree doomed, because not all crooked trees are dying. Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 See More
Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022 Even as old-school reporting jobs dwindled, German’s watchdog articles and columns pried back the curtain on mobsters, crooked politicians, casino titans, and just about anyone who misused wealth or power in the city. Mike Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2022 One was a sergeant with a shaved head whose uniform was half untucked and missing buttons, his necktie ripped and crooked. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022 In another, the car was parked crooked in the space (but still between the lines), and got towed. Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2022 Everyone who treats Trump well is good and constitutional; everyone who acts against him is bad and crooked. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 Employees with the Portland Housing Bureau, however, still authorized the crooked transaction, records show, marking the largest theft of public funds in the city’s history. Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2022 The only way to reach Cornello dei Tasso is via a 30-minute walk along a crooked path. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 But don’t be too quick to declare an unbalanced tree doomed, because not all crooked trees are dying. Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
see crook entry 2
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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