ˈkru̇kərē, -ri noun
( -es )
Etymology: crook (I) (swindler) + -ery
: crooked dealings or practices
all the crookery exposed in the Internal Revenue Bureau — New Orleans States
unmasks the crookery of a fellow journalist — Time
ˈkru̇kərē, -ri noun
( -es )
Etymology: crook (I) (swindler) + -ery
: crooked dealings or practices
all the crookery exposed in the Internal Revenue Bureau — New Orleans States
unmasks the crookery of a fellow journalist — Time
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012