bent

/bent/ adjective

Definition

CURVED › curved and not now straight or flat: The metal bars were bent and twisted.

bent on sth/doing sth › determined to do something or get something: Both parties are bent on destroying each other's chances of winning.

NOT HONEST UK informal › not honest: a bent policeman

(Definition of bent adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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