CROOKED (dishonest)
ADJECTIVES
M19. ► SHYSTER crooked, corrupt; fraudulent → US sl.
1850 ► SINUOUS morally crooked; deviating from the right; not straightforward or direct
1903 ► KINKY crooked, dishonest, criminal → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1904 ► OUT OF THE STRAIGHT crooked, dishonest → sl. (Bk.)
1914 ► BENT crooked, larcenous → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1919 ► WONKY crooked → Brit. sl.
M20. ► LEFT-HANDED crooked, phony, or counterfeit → US colloq.
ADVERBS
1863 ► ON THE BEND crookedly, by means that are not straightforward
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