Crook"ed (kr??k"?d),
a. 1.
Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. "Crooked paths." Locke.
he is deformed, crooked,
old, and sere. Shak.
2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right. They are a perverse and crooked generation. Deut. xxxii.
5. 3. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings. Crooked whisky, whisky on which the payment of duty has been
fraudulently evaded. [Slang, U.S.]
Barlett.
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