noun

1. a hooked, bent, or curved thing or part; hook
2. 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 crooked (kro̵okt), crooking crook′·ing

1. to bend or curve
2. Slang to steal

intransitive verb