The word 'crooked' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something or someone that is bent or twisted out of shape, crooked or askew or also to describe a person who is dishonest or fraudulent. Example: The politician was known for being crooked and often engaging in illegal activities.
There's the bogus professor, the major trading on old glory, the hint of dangerous foreigners, and Mrs W is, of course, Britain: living in a crumbling, crooked, subsiding house stuffed with reminders of naval glories.
I was not convinced, and am less so now.Yes, the victory marked the end of one-party rule, and about time too: the Liberal Democratic Party LDPP) was a shambling, crooked mess.
Crooked judges and heads of state-run companies were sacked.
By collating the responses it is possible to spot problem departments and crooked officials.Around 25,000-30,000 automated calls are now being made each day, and "we are gathering remarkable data on who is corrupt and where," says Mr Saif.
Nigeria is woefully short of reliable energy, and despite its role as a big exporter of crude oil, crooked and ineffectual governments have let the (limited) local refinery capacity run down over the years.
So, at any rate, asserted the head of the electoral council, Léon Manus, after he fled to the United States last month, claiming he had received threats "from the highest level of the state" to force him to approve crooked results.Since then, reports of ballot-stuffing, ballot-stealing and tampering with results have flowed in, prompting protests in various towns.
Payment-card fraud is rising, but only in proportion with overall card use, says FICO, a fraud-management firm: crooked shop staff affect "percents of a percent" of transactions.None of this justifies complacency.
Americans are repulsed by Europeans' crooked, cream-coloured teeth and Europeans find phosphorescent, fake-looking American smiles equally off-putting.Cleanliness symbolises purity.
This month, the channel is screening not only his moon adventure and a repeat of his 2008 Crooked House ghost story, but also his three-part history of horror films.
We didn't have time to look for the novelist's villa in Anacapri, but we did have lunch - a buffet of tasty antipasti - at his favourite restaurant, Gemma, in Capri Town, which is reached by a quaint, crooked alley bored through the rock, and where his photograph is proudly displayed, pasted to the ceiling of the tiny lobby along with those of many other celebrities.
He makes a crooked deal with King Lobengula of the Ndebele, then known to the Europeans as the Matabele.
