crooked

English

Etymology 1

From crook, equivalent to crook +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

enPR: kro͝okt, IPA^(key): /kɹʊkt/
- Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ʊkt

Verb

crooked

simple past tense and past participle of crook

Etymology 2

From Middle English croked, crokid, past participle of croken (“to crook, bend”). Cognate with Danish kroget (“crooked”). More at crook.

Pronunciation

enPR: kro͝ok'ĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʊkɪd/
Audio (UK) (file)
pronunciation refers to adjective form.
Rhymes: -ʊkɪd

Adjective

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, Peter Bondanella, Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, chapter 4, 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.

Derived terms

crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
crooked as a barrel of snakes
crooked as a dog's hind leg
hell west and crooked

Translations

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 (käkre)
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 (ku) (çewt)
Latin: camur, prāvus, tortus
Malay:
Jawi: لوق‎
Rumi: lok
Nanai: мокчо
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
Swedish: krökt (sv), krokig (sv), krum (sv)
Tausug: bingkuk
Thai: คด (th) (kót)
Ukrainian: криви́й (kryvýj)
Westrobothnian: slängji, lynku, skakk, kroku

set at an angle

Bulgarian: изкривен (bg) (izkriven)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 歪 (me²)
Finnish: vino (fi), kiero (fi)
French: tordu (fr)
German: schräg (de), schief (de)
Hebrew: נטוי‎ (natúi)
Italian: torto (it) m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خوار‎ (ku) (xwar)
Persian: کج‎ (fa) (kaj)
Polish: krzywy (pl) m
Portuguese: torto (pt) m
Russian: искривлённый (iskrivljónnyj)
Spanish: torcido (es), inclinado (es), chueco (es) (Latin America)
Swedish: sned (sv), skev (sv)
Ukrainian: ви́кривлений (výkryvlenyj)

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 (ku) (çewt), چەوتوچێڵ‎ (çewtuçêll)
Portuguese: desonesto (pt)
Russian: нече́стный (ru) (nečéstnyj)
Spanish: torcido (es)
Thai: คด (th) (kót)
Ukrainian: протизако́нний (protyzakónnyj), незако́нний (nezakónnyj), шахра́йський (šaxrájsʹkyj)

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Translations to be checked

Irish: ^{(please verify)} bacánach
Norman: ^{(please verify)} teurt (Jersey)

Anagrams

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