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
After I’d gathered them in and the Federal Court had helped me hand ’em what was over-due, I started on a long, long trail after the big guy that had planned the crooked deal.
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
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
Some deal was on foot, a crooked deal, no doubt, between Shanklin and somebody for something in which Peterson and Number One–– Hold on!
From Claim Number One by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
