1
: not straight
a crooked road
Your tie is crooked.
2
: dishonest
a crooked election
crooked politicians
crookedly
adverb
crookedness
noun
Examples of crooked in a Sentence
a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth
the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses
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There are all sorts of bad husbands in The Hunting Wives: Jed (Dermot Mulroney) is a horny oil tycoon with his eyes set on the governor’s mansion, Clint (Jason Davis) is a snobby reverend, and Jonny (Branton Box) is a crooked sheriff.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
The black hole and its crooked jet are found in a blazar known as OJ 287, located about four billion light-years away.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The prosecutors' filing says crooked judges should be held to account.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025
Still, there’s something to be said for staying crooked.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
The black hole and its crooked jet are found in a blazar known as OJ 287, located about four billion light-years away.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The prosecutors' filing says crooked judges should be held to account.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025
Still, there’s something to be said for staying crooked.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for crooked
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“Crooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crooked. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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