crooked dealing
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈkrʊkɪd ˈdiːlɪŋ/
:
trato deshonesto
- Bingham himself was a disappointed politician, denied election to the Missouri statehouse in 1846 by crooked dealing.
Examples
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Well, I know about politics, and I know all about the crooked deals you bragged about.
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Norton's crooked dealing allows them to clean out a bunch of rich kids in a college game.
Academic text (2003) -
Many businesses fail due to crooked dealing and unethical practices within their leadership.
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The investigation revealed a pattern of crooked dealing among those managing the company's finances.
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He lost all his money because of the crooked dealing that occurred during the real estate transaction.
Synonyms
577
4.0
Deceiving someone to get money or an unfair advantage
355
4.8
Dishonest or illegal actions by people in power, like taking bribes
205
8.4
Secret deal by people or companies to cheat others
187
2.1
An act of tricking someone to get an unfair advantage
117
3.7
Bad actions that break the law or moral rules
46
3.2
Actions like lying, cheating, or stealing
31
9.9
Illegal business deals that get money for organized crime groups
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4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
15
2.8
An act of dishonesty that gives someone an unfair advantage
14
8.2
Illegal use of power by officials, often involving bribes, to get money
12
6.0
Secret dishonest actions that harm or make someone look bad, often in politics and business
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9.3
Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
8
8.6
Secret or dishonest actions that try to cheat people
6
9.9
Dishonest actions that try to trick people to get something
4
5.6
Dishonest actions in business or money matters
1
8.7
Dishonest behaviour that aims to get money or other unfair personal gain
1
9.8
Secret dishonest actions to get an unfair advantage
1
6.9
Dishonest or secret behavior that seems against the law
1
7.5
Behaving dishonestly by pretending one thing and doing another
1
8.1
Being dishonest and unfair in a way that harms others
1
6.2
A habit of being dishonest and breaking rules to get money or power
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6.9
Dishonest behavior by a person or group
Actions that cheat people to get their money
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
A habit of ignoring right and wrong and being dishonest to get what you want
Antonyms
How Dishonest
577
4.0
- NSFW
294
3.0
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6.3
- Informal
4
5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'crooked' (dishonest) modifying 'dealing' (business conduct); a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer it refers to dishonest or unethical business behaviour. This adjective + noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistic pattern and does not involve metaphorical shift or idiomatic meaning.
Etymology
The noun crooked dealing may come from the image of a card player making a crooked move while dealing cards to cheat. So, it now means 'dishonest or unethical behavior'.