crooked deal
Example Sentences
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One would almost feel better if the deal was crooked because a crooked deal would be the exception.
From Washington Times ● May 23, 2017
According to Satterlee, Pierpont merely lent the money used in this crooked deal, taking only a normal commission for himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You mean there’s been a crooked deal put over on Mack?”
From Captain Pott's Minister by Francis L. (Francis Le Roy) Cooper
I caught him in a mighty crooked deal here once, and scared him badly.
From Buffalo Roost by F. H. Cheley
Thorne, of all people, to try and put across a crooked deal like this!
From Shoe-Bar Stratton by George W. Gage
