The adjective crooked means dishonest.

Illegal businesses will continue to trouble Suvarnabhumi airport while crooked airport administrators are allowed to work closely with criminal networks, staff say.

The informant, a real estate developer charged with bank fraud three years ago, posed as a crooked businessman and paid public officials tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to get approvals for buildings and other projects in New Jersey, authorities said.

``There is a possibility certain crooked traders have smuggled products across the borders and used farmers' proxies to participate in the scheme.''

The white plastic cards were used in agreement with some crooked merchants who simply placed them in the terminal and punched in the amount they desired.

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The verb heed (or the expression pay heed to) means to consider someone’s advice or warning and do what they suggest.

Worried about the tensions, Gen Boonsrang called on nationalists to pay heed to warnings by the military not to let the situation get out of control and stressed that the overlapping area of 4.6 sq km would be handled by the authorities and legal experts.

Sadly, the government did not pay heed to the survey results, said Thai Rath.

Truck drivers are the latest group to demand cheap diesel and other assistance from the government and have threatened to go on strike and protest in Bangkok if the government fails to heed their demands in seven days.

The chance for farmers to benefit from higher rice prices would disappear over the next five years if we lack good preparation, and the government itself pays less heed to research and development,'' said Mr Somporn.

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The adjective untoward means unexpected and inconvenient or unpleasant.

‘‘I do not believe Thai people want to see untoward incidents,’’ the police chief said.

Beijing officials, however, say that nothing untoward has happened to the family.

``To date, no untoward incident has been reported and the deportation exercise is being carried out smoothly,'' he told reporters.

Hopefully, Shin Corp's experience will serve as a case study in assessing the untoward consequences which may occur and prompt Tesco Lotus to reconsider its position.

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The noun vial refers to a small glass bottle, especially one containing liquid medicine.

GPO managing director Witit Artavatkun yesterday said 1,270 vials, each containing 0.7ml of the vaccine, were labelled and stored in a temperature-controlled room awaiting sterilisation tests.

Dr Werwath arrived with Joshua's first vial of Iplex at 9:10am on Wednesday, March 25.

Helped by attendants, the sick bathe in pools of the cool water and take it home in plastic jugs and vials in the shape of the Virgin Mary.

Graham was the person responsible for providing a vial of ``the clear,'' a then undetectable steroid to the USADA.

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The verb overhaul means to completely change a system in order to make it work more efficiently. The noun form is also overhaul) (O vur haul.

Within six years I am sure you'll be able to gauge whether your wiring and cable system needs an overhaul or not.

Last year, Ms McDonald and Mr Higgins campaigned successfully against the Lisbon Treaty, disrupting the the European Union’s plans to overhaul its decision-making structures and give it a stronger voice in world affairs.

The Obama administration plans to unveil on June 17 its sweeping plan to overhaul financial regulation, according to a source familiar with thinking at the US Treasury Department.

The NESDB committee has one month to come up with a conclusion on whether the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority should overhaul its operation by renting, or buying, buses.

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