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Having one or more bends or angles
“Men gathered in the bars of the crooked streets.”
Bent or twisted out of shape or out of place
“The machine is wrought by a buffalo yoked to the small end of the crooked beam.”
Slanted, curled, or bending to one side
“His crooked grin quickly vanished into a stern frown.”
Misshapen or deformed from being bent
“I looked at this shell of a man with a crooked back, sorrow-filled eyes, and a broken spirit.”
Dishonest or unprincipled in nature
“How any person can continue to support this crooked snake oil salesman is beyond comprehension.”
Knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age
Curved or bent like a hook
Made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud
(of a surface) Not level or smooth
Mistaken, faulty, or in error
Weighted or biased towards a particular outcome
Displaying severe degradation and neglect
Past tense for to deviate, or cause to deviate, from a straight line
“I would change my course whenever I saw the road crook. If I thought it crooked too much, I would cut across.”
Past tense for to bend at an angle
“Rather than lead him home like a child, she made him crook his arm and she slipped her hand into it.”
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