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crookery

[ krook-uh-ree ]

noun

  1. the activities and dealings of crooks; crooked practices.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of crookery1

First recorded in 1925–30; crook 1 (in the sense “swindler”) + -ery ( def )
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The tension between entertainment and crookery that’s built into the business eventually grows into a full-blown dilemma when he meets his childhood idol in Marseille.

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There was, however, one big problem with the program: It was a gigantic construct of inventive multimillion-dollar crookery.

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He seemed to have inherited his father's love of crookery.

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Furthermore, the Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday shows that Democrats may not even have yet discovered all the instances of impeachable crookery that are strictly connected to Ukraine:

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Well, don’t know about you, but by hook or by crookery, I’ll be seeing Alberta downtown at the Cookery.

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