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U.S. professional wrestler Mike Rotunda, using the ring name Irwin R. Schyster (abbreviated to "I.R.S.") portrayed a dishonest tax collector and accountant.; Sylvester Shyster, a Walt Disney cartoon character introduced in 1930, is a disbarred attorney who schemes to deprive Minnie Mouse of her inheritance; and in many comic serials by Floyd Gottfredson (his creator) he appeared scheming with ...
[12] In Realigning the Crooked Room, a review of Harris-Perry's book, Kimberly M. Jackson and Leyte L. Winfield argue these “crooked rooms” perpetuate the cycle of shame and desire for citizenship, and takes the achievements made by Black women away from them.
The German verb ausleihen, the Dutch verb lenen, the Afrikaans verb leen, the Polish verb pożyczyć, the Russian verb одолжить (odolžítʹ), the Finnish verb lainata, and the Esperanto verb prunti can mean either "to lend" or "to borrow", with case, pronouns, and mention of persons making the sense clear.
The following is a list of religious slurs or religious insults in the English language that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about adherents or non-believers of a given religion or irreligion, or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or contemptuous), or insulting manner.
That theoretically could put on the chopping block people like Evan Berry, a communications specialist and language whiz whose work helps the Spanish-speaking residents of Puerto Rico understand ...
A kakistocracy (/ ˌ k æ k ɪ ˈ s t ɒ k r ə s i / KAK-ist-OK-rə-see) is a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. [1]: 54 [2] [3] The word was coined as early as the 17th century, [4] and is derived from two Greek words, kákistos (κάκιστος, ' worst ') and krátos (κράτος, ' rule '), with a literal meaning of ' government by the worst ...
s. 2(2). A person's appropriation of property belonging to another may be dishonest notwithstanding that he is willing to pay for the property. The s. 2(1)(a) claim of right is a difficult concept in that it represents a statutory exception to the fundamental public policy principle that ignorance of the law is no excuse and allows a limited ...
Crooked House is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1949 [1] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 23 May of the same year. [2] The action takes place in and near London in the autumn of 1947.