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The answer is A. oxymoron
"Honest crook" is a contradictory term which is an oxymoron.
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"Honest crook" is a contradictory term which is an oxymoron.
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The type of figurative language is used in the given statement is, oxymoron.
What is figurative language?
Figurative language finds the meaning by actions, or images.
What is oxymoron?
Oxymoron is a group of words that go against the common sense, the words used in oxymoron are usually very illogical.
Because oxymoron is a figurative language that uses the words that are opposite to each other. Oxymoron is used with two opposite words to form new emphasis in the language. Through oxymoron creates drama in the figurative language for the readers and listeners. So, the word that is termed as oxymoron from the given statement is, an honest crook, as these two words honest and crook have opposite meaning, as honest means someone is truthful and genuine and crook means a person is dishonest, one who commits crimes. And they together mean someone who is trustworthy.
Hence the correct option is, A. Oxymoron.
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