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Meanings of crooked in anglès

portuguès
escuso

Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive.

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escuso

Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.

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Examples for "corrupt"
Examples for "corrupt"
1
Power tends to corrupt, he said memorably, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The Irish Times
2
Protesters blame a corrupt political system that shares power among sectarian parties.
Reuters
3
They are corrupt; they are base; they are cowardly; they are cruel.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
4
They pay this corrupt money to thugs, and then violence takes place.
The Guardian
5
Research suggests mail voting would produce a near-negligible number of corrupt votes.
News.com.au

Irregular in shape or outline.

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Usage of crooked in anglès
1
The lines of the mouth were crooked; the lips, thick and red.
The Country Doctor
2
Consider, for example, tall buildings that suddenly look crooked in the photo.
The South African
3
The crooked path that led me to love: How did it happen?
Amberville
4
The crooked cannot be made straight; and the wanting cannot be numbered.
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
5
No, but I don't want to see a crooked election, he said.
Reuters
6
The picture had remained; it hung there now crooked on its cord.
The Captives
7
People that are crooked in body are always crooked in mind too.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V3
8
The crooked man almost stood upright in the excitement of his enthusiasm.
In and out of Three Normandy Inns
9
It was really low, and it was kind of crooked, Berk said.
BBC
10
Unexpectedly, the illustrator accepted, pulling out three of the crooked paper tubes.
The street philosopher
11
They might talk; he would thank God for the crooked made straight.
Miracles of Our Lord
12
The world followed its own crooked course in defiance of all wisdom.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 04
13
I had the advantage of the Indian, the bears would run crooked.
The Bark Covered House / Or, Back In the Woods Again; Being a Gr...
14
You have opponents who know the game in its every crooked turn.
The Ear in the Wall
15
He is crooked from a motorbike accident which paralysed his right arm.
Radio NZ
16
Now Loki played his final card, his crooked smile beginning to show.
Runemarks
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Translations for crooked
portuguès
escusocorrupto
Crooked through the time
Crooked across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common