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
First, because you turned down the crooked deal he offered you, for it was he who was beating the bookies, and he wanted a pal.
From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by Ferguson, W. B. M. (William Blair Morton)
He had planned to carry this thing through as a large joke, and here he was mixed up in a crooked deal if ever there was one.
From The City of Fire by Hill, Grace Livingston
Some crooked deal like that, you may be assured.
From Polly and Eleanor by Barbour, Harold S.
