Definition of Crooked

Crook´ed   Pronunciation: kr??k´?d
a.1.Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere.
- Shak.
2.Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
They are a perverse and crooked generation.
- Deut. xxxii. 5.
3.False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
Crooked whisky
whisky on which the payment of duty has been fraudulently evaded.
- Barlett.


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