on the crook

English

Prepositional phrase

on the crook

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) In a crooked or dishonest manner.
    Synonym: on the cross
    • 1899, The London Corn Circular, volume 56, page 2:
      Martin said at first that he bought the flour of a miller […] He next stated that it was an example, which he would not have pay to for[sic], and subsequently he confessed that he got it "on the crook."

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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