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
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Some crooked deal like that, you may be assured.
From Polly and Eleanor by Barbour, Harold S.
And the very reason why your man Olsen was inclined to suspect Stephen Gresham was that he had had trouble with Rivers about a crooked deal Rivers had put over on him.
From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam
I couldn't stand for such a crooked deal.
From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Beach, Rex Ellingwood