crook English

Meaning crook meaning

What does crook mean?

Definitions in simple English

crook Noun

— A crook is a person who steals things, lies, cheats, or does other things which are against the law; they are a criminal.

— A crook is a bend.

crook Verb

— If someone crooks something, they bend it; they curve it.

crook

— noun (= criminal) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

— noun (= bend) a circular segment of a curve a bend in the road a crook in the path

— noun a long staff with one end being hook shaped

— verb (= curve) bend or cause to bend He crooked his index finger the road curved sharply

Synonyms crook synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as crook?

crook English » English

bend

curve

rogue

swindler

cheat

criminal

turn

scoundrel

twist

malefactor

felon

villain

trickster

hook

thief

staff

rascal

knave

deceiver

crosier

wind

shepherd’s crook

rook

outlaw

imposter

fraud

crozier

corner

con man

wrongdoer

walking stick

twister

stick

slicker

sharper

scroll

renegade

offender

meander

liar

lawbreaker

jockey

hoodwinker

flexure

flex

faker

delinquent

culprit

con artist

cheater

Topics crook topics

What do people use crook to talk about?

Person Body Limb

Arm

• What words refer to a part of an arm when it is in a particular position?
  crook (of the arm when it is bent) fist

Physical actions Posture

Move a part of the body

• What words refer to moving your arms and shoulders?
  shrug (shoulders) raise (arm) salute shake (fist) clench (fist) fold (arms) cross (arms) crook (arm/finger) crack (knuckles) spread (arms/fingers) hold up your hands fold your arms cross your arms

Examples crook examples

How do I use crook in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom is a crook.

I'm not a crook.

Everyone will be expecting you at the party. You have to show up by hook or by crook.

Tom isn't a crook.

This guy is a crook.

That guy is a crook.

Movie subtitles

I say the word and the world knows you're a crook.

I'll get the cops, you old crook!

Where'd you hide him, you crook?

I don't care much for having a crook for a partner. No.

Baron, you are a crook.

From Geneva comes the news. that the famous international crook, Gaston Monescu, robbed the peace conference yesterday.

You are a crook.

I want you as a crook.

I love you as a crook.

I worship you as a crook.

You say I'm a crook.

I'll tell you why, you crook, you.

Don't you realize. I wouldn't fall for another man if he were the biggest crook on earth.

Ever had a romance with a crook?

He's Crook of the Month this month.

You wanna be a crook?

You crook!

Why, I think I'd almost marry you to spite that double-crossing crook.

I think he's a crook. Yeah?

Son, are you a crook? I mean.

I want you as a crook. I love you as a crook. I worship you as a crook.

I'll root out this crook!

Son, are you a crook?

WELL, CROOK, THIS IS THE END OF THE GAY LIFE FOR YOU.

YOU CAN ALWAYS CAPTURE EVERY OTHER CROOK IN PARIS, BUT EACH TIME YOU GO AFTER ARSENE LUPIN, YOU FAIL.

I'M NO CROOK!

A bootlegger, a racketeer, a crook.

News and current affairs

This is remarkable in a country that for as long as anyone remembers has been ruled, by hook or by crook, by a reactionary oligarchy.

Indeed, it is becoming increasingly clear that, by hook or by crook, Putin will spend six more years as Russia's ruler.

By seeking to cling to power by hook or by crook, Yanukovych is likely to bring on the deluge.