crooked dealing
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈkrʊkɪd ˈdiːlɪŋ/
- 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
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4.0
Deceiving someone to get money or an unfair advantage
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4.8
Dishonest or illegal actions by people in power, like taking bribes
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3.7
Bad actions that break the law or moral rules
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8.4
Secret deal by people or companies to cheat others
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2.1
An act of tricking someone to get an unfair advantage
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3.2
Actions like lying, cheating, or stealing
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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
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6.0
Secret dishonest actions that harm or make someone look bad, often in politics and business
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8.6
Secret or dishonest actions that try to cheat people
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8.2
Illegal use of power by officials, often involving bribes, to get money
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9.3
Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
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2.8
An act of dishonesty that gives someone an unfair advantage
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5.6
Dishonest actions in business or money matters
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7.5
Behaving dishonestly by pretending one thing and doing another
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9.9
Dishonest actions that try to trick people to get something
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9.8
Secret dishonest actions to get an unfair advantage
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8.7
Dishonest behaviour that aims to get money or other unfair personal gain
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8.1
Being dishonest and unfair in a way that harms others
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6.9
Dishonest behavior by a person or group
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6.2
A habit of being dishonest and breaking rules to get money or power
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6.9
Dishonest or secret behavior that seems against the law
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9.9
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
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8.8
A habit of ignoring right and wrong and being dishonest to get what you want
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9.5
Actions that cheat people to get their money
Antonyms
How Dishonest
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4.0
- NSFW
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3.0
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6.3
- Informal
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5.6
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4.7
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'.