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
Ergo, Mr. Shandon, it's a fair bet that starting with a crooked deal he has gone on playing a crooked game.
From The Short Cut by Johnson, Frank Tenney
So you were trying to put up a crooked deal.
From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
If he give the farmers a crooked deal, I hadn't a thing to do with that.
From Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story by Raine, William MacLeod
