crooked
Example Sentences
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In 2019, the IRS told Murrin she owed unpaid tax, penalties and interest for income-tax returns the crooked accountant filed from 1993 to 1999.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“You’re either crooked or you’re stupid,” he went on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
"They're crooked," he continued, "just like you're crooked."
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Mr. Pappalardo has a novelist’s gifts for description and pacing, and his material—greedy entrepreneurs, crafty moonshiners, crooked politicos and jaded cops—is material any writer would welcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
It was a look that made clear, for a moment, the force his grandfather had once been; and still was, under the old paper skin and the crooked hands.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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