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crooked

 adjective
     
crook‧ed
1 bent, twisted, or not in a straight line [≠ straight]
crooked smile/grin
His lips curled into a crooked smile.
Your tie's crooked.
narrow crooked streets
2 dishonest:
a crooked cop
—crookedly adverb
—crookedness noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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