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 WebOur 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