crooked
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Synonyms & Antonyms for crooked
Synonyms
bending, crazy, curled, curling, curved, curving, curvy, devious, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisting, winding, windy
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The vendor engraved my first name on it, spelled it wrong, and wrote it crooked. — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, "Sunday Bulletin Board: Here’s how to break an awkward silence on the way up or down.," 8 Sep. 2019 Now, former crooked Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s family is making a personal plea to the president to reduce Kilpatrick’s 28-year prison sentence. — Seth A. Richardson, cleveland.com, "PA, WI governors make push for gun reforms: The Flyover," 16 Aug. 2019 Now, only rogue heroes like the former Robin, Blue Beetle, Wonder Girl and hijab-wearing Halo are willing to sneak past national borders and challenge the influence of a crooked American billionaire who has virtually taken over the United Nations. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, "Superheroes behaving badly: 12 crusading TV series target mature audiences," 4 Aug. 2019 Miles Teller, who plays a crooked cop and vigilante assassin, leads a large, ensemble cast. — Katie Cooper, latimes.com, "Nicolas Winding Refn pushes the boundaries of TV with ‘Too Old to Die Young’," 12 July 2019 More: Feds: Corrupt Detroit cop threw money at strippers, hair doc, cars More: Feds weave tale of crooked cops, big money, big schemers The government charged them with conspiracy to commit extortion. — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit police officers lose appeal: ‘They were dirty cops’," 13 June 2019 Its annoyances build on one another, like tiers of a flawed and crooked cake. — Los Angeles Times, "Hollywood Bowl rehearsals are a soothing morning escape. And they’re free," 1 Aug. 2019 Nearby, a truck that was headed for a pulp mill 40 miles away pulled two trailers stacked with about 150 tree trunks, each about 40 feet long and too skinny, knotty or crooked to make poles or lumber. — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, "Thousands of Southerners Planted Trees for Retirement. It Didn’t Work.," 9 Oct. 2018 Mintz, the El Cerrito city planner, compared the process of revamping a corridor to a toddler’s teeth coming in: Some parts resemble smooth adult teeth, but others are crooked and gappy. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "East Bay cities look to reinvent and reinvigorate aging, car-oriented corridors," 27 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crooked.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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