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crocked

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verb

past tense of crock, dialect

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Recent Examples of crocked
Adjective
An arriving officer arrested the Parma Heights resident, who was crocked, for disorderly conduct. John Benson, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2021 Although the treaty promised an annuity, payments were often late or siphoned off to crocked traders. Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 8 Aug. 2019 Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has given a positive update on crocked defender Dani Carvajal, refusing to rule the Real Madrid right-back out of his World Cup plans. SI.com, 29 May 2018 However, the crocked 28-year-old’s contract is set to run out at the end of the 2018-19 campaign, with the Germany international not opposed to plying his trade elsewhere. SI.com, 19 Oct. 2017 Walker has five assists already this season, impressing massively in a right wing back role for Guardiola, whilst Delph has added another string to his bow whilst playing at left back as deputy for the crocked Benjamin Mendy. SI.com, 2 Nov. 2017 Fast forward six years and this precocious gem that the English media had so emphatically hyped up now finds himself crocked, stagnated and plying his trade sporadically in youth and cup fixtures. SI.com, 21 Oct. 2017 By the end of some drinking-club evenings most of the participants were so crocked that Rudy might as well have been pouring grape Gatorade. Patrick Cooke, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017 James is set to take Danny Drinkwater's place who is unlikely to be fit due to a thigh strain, while King will replace the crocked summer signing Vicente Iborra. SI.com, 10 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crocked
Adjective
  • Also, since these wines generally do not age well – most are designed to be drunk upon release or within 2 to 3 years – producing enough to meet market demand while keeping a close eye on shifting consumer trends may make good business sense.
    Liz Thach, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • On another occasion in 2009, Hegseth was found drunk at a strip club in downtown Minneapolis in his military uniform, drunk and getting lap dances.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Cori Clingman was arrested for alleged negligent manslaughter, homicide as a result of negligent driving and drunken driving and several other counts on Thursday, Jan. 23, per the Star-Tribune.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Shortly before his sentencing hearing, Woods made a drunken suicide attempt on Interstate 55 near Springfield, according to Sangamon County prosecutors.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Eby suggests topping plain Greek yogurt with fried eggs, avocado, salmon, crispy chickpeas or marinated cherry tomatoes.
    Andee Tagle, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Today’s fried green tomatoes are double-breaded and served with a special Mississippi comeback sauce.
    Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Statewide, water supplies are currently sufficient after two wet years.
    Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
  • That was true two years ago, when wet weather conditions and low commodity prices made their crop farming a financial challenge.
    Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The second-most-common neurodegenerative disorder, Parkinson's disease manifests via such motor problems as impaired balance, slow movement, muscle stiffness and tremors.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • One doctor suggested that many children with medical complexities are simply too impaired to benefit from living in a home environment.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
  • There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Sympathy for their plight doesn’t mean turning a blind eye to the rights of property owners.
    Ryan Nawrocki, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2025
  • There were other moments, albeit fleeting, where the defense was up to par on superstar scorer Anthony Edwards, who turned a blind eye to the heavy contest and made the shot anyway.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control.
    TIME, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.
    David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022

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“Crocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crocked. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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