A crooked building. Etymology 1
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From crook crook -ed
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crooked
simple past and past participle of crook Etymology 2
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From Middle English croked crokid croken ( “ to crook, bend ” ) . Cognate with Danish kroget ( “ crooked ” ) . More at crook
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enPR : kro͝ok'ĭd , IPA (key ) : /ˈkɹʊkɪd/ Rhymes: -ʊkɪd Adjective
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crooked (comparative more crooked , superlative most crooked )
Not straight ; having one or more bends or angles .
We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
Set at an angle ; not vertical or square .
That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
( figuratively ) Dishonest or illegal ; corrupt .
He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals. 2004 Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos , pages 173–174 During the height of Italian immigration in the United States and in New York City, gangs flourished not only because of poverty but also because of political and social corruption. Policemen and politicians were often as crooked as the gang leaders themselves.
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having one or more bends or angles
Albanian: shtremb (sq) , shtrembër (sq) , përkulur (sq) , gërmuq (sq) , kërth
Aromanian: strãmbu
Assamese: বেঁকা ( bẽka )
Azerbaijani: əyri (az)
Bashkir: кәкре ( kəkre )
Belarusian: крывы́ ( kryvý )
Bulgarian: крив (bg) ( kriv ) , извит (bg) ( izvit )
Catalan: tort (ca) , tortuós
Chechen: гома ( goma )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 彎曲 ／ 弯曲 (zh) ( wānqū ) , 歪 (zh) ( wāi )
Czech: zkroucený m křivý (cs) m zdeformovaný m
Dutch: krom (nl) , scheef (nl) , gebogen (nl)
Finnish: käyrä (fi) , mutkainen (fi) , kiero (fi) , väärä (fi) , köyry
French: courbé (fr) , tortueux (fr)
Friulian: stuart
German: krumm (de) , schief (de) , bogenförmig (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀγκύλος ( ankúlos ) , καμψός ( kampsós ) , καμπύλος ( kampúlos ) , σκαμβός ( skambós )
Hebrew: עקום (he) ( akúm )
Hungarian: görbe (hu)
Indonesian: bengkok (id)
Ingush: гоама ( goama )
Irish: cam
Italian: storto (it) , curvo (it) , contorto (it) m ritorto (it) m tortuoso (it) m
Japanese: 曲がった (ja) ( まがった, magatta )
Javanese: bengkong (jv)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چەوت ( çewt )
Latin: camur prāvus tortus
Malay:
Jawi: لوق
Rumi: lok
Nanai: мокчо ( mokčo )
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: krokete
Occitan: corbut
Old English: ġēap
Ossetian: къӕдз ( k’æʒ )
Persian: کج (fa)
Plautdietsch: kromm
Polish: krzywy (pl)
Portuguese: torto (pt)
Romanian: strâmb (ro)
Russian: криво́й (ru) ( krivój ) , изо́гнутый (ru) ( izógnutyj ) , скрю́ченный (ru) ( skrjúčennyj ) , искривлённый ( iskrivljónnyj )
Sanskrit: भुग्न (sa) ( bhugna )
Scottish Gaelic: crom lùbach
Serbo-Croatian: kriv (sh)
Slovak: krivý
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kśiwy
Spanish: torcido (es)
Sundanese: anggaresol
Swahili: kombo
Swedish: krökt (sv) , krokig (sv) , krum (sv)
Tausug: bingkuk
Thai: คด (th) ( kót )
Turkish: eğri (tr)
Ukrainian: криви́й ( kryvýj )
figurative: dishonest, illegal
Bulgarian: нече́стен (bg) ( nečésten )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 歪 (zh) ( wāi ) , 不正當 ／ 不正当 (zh) ( bù zhèngdàng )
Czech: pokřivený m zdeformovaný nečestný m
Dutch: corrupt (nl)
Finnish: kiero (fi) , kelju (fi)
French: tordu (fr)
German: betrügerisch (de) , unehrlich (de) , krumm (de) , link (de)
Hebrew: עקש (he) ( ikésh )
Italian: contorto (it) m
Japanese: 不正 (ja) ( ふせい, fusei )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چەوت ( çewt ) , چەوتوچێڵ ( çewtuçêll )
Portuguese: desonesto (pt)
Russian: нече́стный (ru) ( nečéstnyj )
Spanish: torcido (es)
Swedish: ohederlig (sv) , skurkaktig (sv)
Thai: คด (th) ( kót )
Ukrainian: протизако́нний ( protyzakónnyj ) , незако́нний ( nezakónnyj ) , шахра́йський ( šaxrájsʹkyj )
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