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
For did not Little Hughey know all about the crooked deal by which the worthy J. Cuthbert had ousted old Nat Lawson from the presidency of the Interprovincial Loan & Savings Company?
From Every Man for Himself by Moorhouse, Hopkins
But I don't mix into his personal quarrels, unless I see him getting a crooked deal.
From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto
Yes, that's one good thing in his favor—he never let a crooked deal pass in his place.
From Money Magic A Novel by Garland, Hamlin
