crooked

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of crook

comparative more crooked · superlative most crooked

1. Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

   We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.

2. Set at an angle; not vertical or square.

   That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?

3. figurativelyDishonest or illegal; corrupt.

   He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.

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   He's so crooked that everyone avoids interacting with him as much as they can help it.

   During the height of Italian immigration in the United States and in New York City, gangs flourished not only because of poverty but also because of political and social corruption. Policemen and politicians were often as crooked as the gang leaders themselves.

   2004, Peter Bondanella, chapter 4, in Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, pages 173–174

4. NewfoundlanddialectalIll-tempered; grumpy; cranky.

   I wouldn't try to talk to him just now, b'y! He's some crooked today!

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   [A]and the farther they got an the bridge, the loudher he yelled; till at last Mick cud hould out no longer; so givin' him a skelp o' the whip he had in his han', "Divil choke you, you crukked brat," sez he; "will you nivir stop bawlin'? a body can't hear their ears for you."

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 526