crooked vs lighthanded

crooked

adj
  • Dishonest or illegal; corrupt. 

  • Not straight; having one or more bends or angles. 

  • Set at an angle; not vertical or square. 

lighthanded

adj
  • Thieving. 

  • flippant. 

  • nimble and dextrous; 

  • Light-hearted. 

  • Sparing. 

  • benign and with minimal intervention. 

  • Not having a full complement of workers. 

adv
  • Carrying very little. 

  • In a light-handed manner. 

How often have the words crooked and lighthanded occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )