crookery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of crookery
First recorded in 1925–30; crook 1 (in the sense “swindler”) + -ery ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Perhaps most spectacularly, he was the jubilant incarnation of old-time showbiz crookery, Max Bialystock, in the Mel Brooks musical “The Producers.”
From New York Times • May 26, 2010
Awed in boyhood by a strutting Hussar officer, he saw the "hypnotic power" of uniform & monocle, embarked with that equipment on a prodigious career of crookery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mayor Kelly's unexampled victory was probably enhanced by the disintegration of Chicago's Republican machine which has not recovered from the black eye given it by its scandalous crookery a few years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Springfield Republican's 16 reasons for a Hoover campaign in Indiana were references to 16 members of the Watson political crew who have been indicted for crookery in the past four years.
From Time Magazine Archive
He declared that the World Series should be called off, that there was crookery abroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
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