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crook Definition

crook (kro̵ok)

noun

  1. a hooked, bent, or curved thing or part; hook
    1. a shepherd's staff, with a hook at one end
    2. a bishop's staff resembling this; crosier
  3. a bending or being bent
  4. a bend or curve
  5. ☆ Informal a person who steals or cheats; swindler or thief

Etymology: ME crok < ON krōkr, var. of krākr, a bending, hook, bay: for IE base see cradle

transitive verb crookedkro̵okt, crook′·ing

  1. to bend or curve
  2. Slang to steal

intransitive verb

to bend or curve

crook Synonyms

crook

n.

  1. *Criminal

    swindler, thief, rogue; see criminal.

  2. A bend

    hook, V, notch; see angle 1, curve 1.

crook Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • catch: On Christmas morning, a $ 600,000 reward is offered for anyone who catches the crooks.
  • beat: A lot of store managers are now resigned to the fact that their own efforts at beating the crooks will not be supported.
  • hold: Osiris is usually shown as a crowned king, holding a crook and a flail.

Adjective modifier

  • small-time: The Killing Leon is a small-time crook who's ridden his luck for three decades.
  • petty: Both were petty crooks at the illegal end of the jewelry trade at the time of their arrests.
  • corporate: Liars, murders, and corporate crooks are running the government.
  • political: Honest himself, he believed implicitly in the honesty of others and became the tool of political crooks and social reactionaries.
  • big: Moira's the wife of big time crook, Roy Kemp.
  • small: Like the small time crooks he was to feature in his films, he supported himself by petty theft.

Modifies a noun

  • glory: Crook glory days rekindled Going where the Eagles dare Polly remembered as a battler in.. .
  • socket: Another significant feature is the ' reversed ' crook socket.
  • lock: Free crook locks were also handed out along with information about how to protect yourself from vehicle crime.
  • day: Crook glory days rekindled Going where the Eagles dare Polly remembered as a battler in.. .

Noun used with modifier

  • shepherd: We have spent time using a halter and a shepherds crook to get him to stand correctly and walk along side us without pulling.
  • cyber: The cyber crook is likely to have up to date technology and law enforcement needs to keep pace with him.
  • car: More Car crime - Don't give them the opportunity Car crooks will nick anything - don't give them the opportunity.
  • time: Moira's the wife of big time crook, Roy Kemp.

Possessives

paradise: A crook's paradise a key sales stage in of driving teens.

Possessives

shepherd: He too has a rough shepherd's crook, just like his friend.

Preposition: of

arm: Over the shoulder crook of the arm at trail Danger!