crookery


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crook·er·y

 (kro͝ok′ə-rē)
n.
Dishonest practices, as in business or politics.
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crookery

(ˈkrʊkərɪ)
n
illegal or dishonest activity
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Jaitley's counsel had objected to Jethmalani referring to the Minister as being "guilty of crime and crookery".
I must confess to a wry smile at 'Outraged of Oxgangs' and 'Distraught in Dunfermline' who can't come to grips with the fact there's crookery in our national sport.
This crookery made the first cracks appear when US farmers sent out their own expert to determine why the genetic material was so inferior.
Prosecuting the crooks within his cabinet whom he appointed knowing their crookery, roguery and thuggery.
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We've now redesigned the entire delivery system.' He gave an example of less sophisticated crookery as the bribing of district ambulance service directors to transport private patients.
In spite of Dickstein's crookery, the congressman's views were, as the KGB chief in America wrote to Moscow, "close to ours," and indeed the other more important agents, such as Hiss, White, Duggan, and Currie, never received more than their expenses for the secrets.