tortuous
I
(bending) adjective
anfractuous, circuitous, complicated, conniving, contorted, convoluted, curved, curvilinear, indirect, involved, irregular, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, roundabout, serpentine, sinuate, sinuated, sinuous, snakelike, torsional, tortile, turning, twisted, twisting, undulatory, vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated, winding, wreathed, zigzag
II
(corrupt) adjective
crafty, crooked, deceitful, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, disingenuous, fraudulent, immoral, knavish, perfidious, treacherous, unscrupulous
III
index
caustic, circuitous, complex, cruel, devious, labyrinthine, machiavellian, sinuous
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006