noun
- dishonest or fraudulent behavior; trickery or deceit
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Examples
- The accountant was caught engaging in financial crookery.
- There was a lot of crookery going on behind the scenes of that business deal.
- He suspected crookery when the numbers didn't add up.
- The scandal exposed years of political crookery.
- She refused to participate in any crookery, no matter how profitable it might be.