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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crooked \Crook"ed\ (kr??k"?d), a. 1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. ``Crooked paths.'' --Locke. 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. [Slang, U.S.] --Barlett. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crook \Crook\ (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooked} (kr??kt); p. pr & vb n. {Crooking}.] [OE. croken; cf Sw kr?ka, Dan. kr?ge. See Crook, n.] 1. To turn from a straight line to bend; to curve. Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. --Shak. 2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. [Archaic] There is no one thing that crooks youth more than such unlawfull games. --Ascham. What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crooked adj 1: having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" [ant: {straight}] 2: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive [syn: {corrupt}] [ant: {straight}] 3: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with an crooked hemline" [syn: {asymmetrical}] 4: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: {hunched}, {round-backed}, {round-shouldered}, {stooped}, {stooping}]
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