Example Sentences

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Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds said the waste dumping was "orchestrated by a group of shameless crooks".

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Vigilante uses Japanese musical instrument to deter crooks.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

The 20th-century culture business produced “profound” popular art even though its contracts were exploitative beyond the dreams of neoliberalism and its middlemen were often crooks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The innocent-faced O’Connor excels at crooks and suckers and fittingly, his Jud describes himself as “young, dumb and full of Christ.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has--I'm not kidding.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger