Definition of crook Crook
/kɹʊˈk/ - [kruk] - crook
We found 34 definitions of crook from 8 different sources.
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What does crook mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: crooks |
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| crook - a long staff with one end being hook shaped | ||
| shepherd's crook | ||
| crook - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | ||
| criminal, felon, outlaw, malefactor | ||
| principal the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account | ||
| accessary, accessory a supplementary component that improves capability | ||
| arsonist, firebug, incendiary a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | ||
| blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | ||
| bootlegger, moonshiner someone who makes or sells illegal liquor | ||
| briber, suborner someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act | ||
| coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter a member of a conspiracy | ||
| desperado, desperate criminal a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) | ||
| fugitive from justice, fugitive someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice | ||
| gangster, mobster a criminal who is a member of gang | ||
| highbinder a corrupt politician | ||
| highjacker, hijacker a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | ||
| hoodlum, strong-armer, thug, goon, toughie, tough, punk, hood substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks) | ||
| gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly | ||
| kidnaper, kidnapper, abductor, snatcher someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | ||
| mafioso a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States | ||
| gangster's moll, gun moll, moll the girlfriend of a gangster | ||
| manslayer, murderer, liquidator a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | ||
| parolee, probationer someone released on probation or on parole | ||
| drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | ||
| racketeer someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) | ||
| raper, rapist someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse | ||
| habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | ||
| scofflaw one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses | ||
| contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, smuggler, runner someone who imports or exports without paying duties | ||
| stealer, thief a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | ||
| treasonist, traitor someone who betrays his country by committing treason | ||
| law offender, lawbreaker, violator someone who assaults others sexually | ||
| crook - a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" | ||
| bend, twist, turn | ||
| curved shape, curve a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | ||
Verb |
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| crook - bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply" | ||
| curve | ||
| flex, bend cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" | ||
| recurve curve or bend (something) back or down | ||
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Wiktionary 
- crook (Noun)
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. - crook (Noun)
A bending of the knee; a genuflection. - crook (Noun)
A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion of anything. - crook (Noun)
A lock or curl of hair. - crook (Noun)
A gibbet. - crook (Noun)
A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut. - crook (Noun)
A shepherd's crook ; a staff with a semi-circular bend "hook" at one end used by shepherds. - crook (Noun)
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance. - crook (Noun)
A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal. - crook (Verb)
To bend. - crook (Adjective)
Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard. - crook (Adjective)
Ill, sick. - crook (Adjective)
Annoyed, angry; upset.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- crook (n.)
A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. - crook (n.)
Any implement having a bent or crooked end. - crook (n.)
The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. - crook (n.)
A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff. - crook (n.)
A pothook. - crook (n.)
An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. - crook (n.)
A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. - crook (n.)
A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. - crook (n.)
To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. - crook (n.)
To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. - crook (v. i.)
To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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crook
A person that has conducted a criminal act. -
crook
An angle or sharp curve in the course of a road, river, etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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crook
krōōk, n. a bend, anything bent: a curved tube used to lower the pitch of a cornet, &c.: the bending of the body in reverence: a staff bent at the end, as a shepherd's or bishop's: an artifice or trick: (Spens.) gibbet.—v.t. to bend or form into a hook: to turn from the straight line or from what is right.—v.i. to bend or be bent.—n. Crook′back (Shak.), a hunchback.—adj. Crook′backed; Crook′ed, bent like a crook: not straight: deviating from rectitude, perverse.—adv. Crook′edly.—n. Crook′edness.—adjs. Crook′-kneed; Crook′-shoul′dered.—A crook in the lot, any trial in one's experience. [Prob. Scand.; cf. Ice. krókr, Dan. krog.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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crook
One who exceeds the speed limit in Law & Order Ave. A Misfit in the Straight and Narrow Way.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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crook
Sixpence.
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