Crook

//kɹʊk//

Synonyms for "crook" (386 found)

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corner corset cozen cozener crane crank crosier cross cross-staff crotchet crumple crutch crutch-stick curl curve damper deceiver declination decurve deflect

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Verb(2 words)

curb curve

Noun(3 words)

felon gallows hoodlum

Related words (193)

hook hump hunch hyperbola incurvate incurve indirection inflect inflection jailbird jewel thief jock jockstrap judas juggler keys knee knot l land pirate

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land shark land-grabber larcener larcenist lawbreaker lifter lituus loop lurch mace mainstay maintainer malacca cane malefactor malevolent malfeasant malfeasor mantle mast miscreant misfeasor miter mobster nab neck nook oblique obliquity offender outlaw pallium parabola pastoral staff paterissa peculator pererration petty thief pilferer pinch poacher point poker portfolio pothook prop prowler public enemy pull purloiner quarterstaff quisling quoin racketeer rambling recurve red hat reflect reflex refract reinforce reinforcement reinforcer rest resting place retroflex rigging ring robber rod rod of office round sag salamander scam artist scatter scepter scofflaw screw scrounger sheer shift shifting shifting course shifting path shillelagh shoplifter shoulder shroud sick sinner sinus skew slant slue snake sneak thief spine spit spring sprit staff standing rigging stave stay steal stealer stick stiffener straying strengthener support supporter sustainer swag swagger stick swanking stick sway sweep swerve swerving swindle swindler swinging tack take thief thug tiara tongs tracery traitor transgressor triple crown tripod trivet truncheon turn turn awry turning turnspit twist twister two timer two-timer upholder variation vault veer vertex villain walking stick wand wand of office wandering warp white-collar thief wind worker of ill wrench wrest wring writhe wrongdoer yaw zag zig zigzag

Adjective(1 words)

ill

Noun(5 words)

malefactor outlaw shepherd's crook turn twist

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10 relation types

More general

6 entries

bend curve curved shape flex principal staff

Synonyms

2 entries

bend criminal

Related terms

1 entries

crook and nanny

capable of

4 entries

case store doctor evidence ducking police salt mine

derived

25 entries

Crook County Crook of Devon acrook apple crook arm in crook by hook or by crook by hook or crook crook as Rookwood crook in the lot crook of the arm crook one's elbow crookback crookbacked crookbill crooked crookery

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

crooked

has context

4 entries

australia music new zealand slang

is a

1 entries

staff

manner of

1 entries

bend

related to

35 entries

angry annoyed artifice bend bent colorado contrivance county durham criminal cumbria curl curvature curve england flexure genuflection

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Translations

127 translations across 35 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

kerrus verb (to bend)
përthy verb (to bend)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

καλαῦροψ noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
χαῖος noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

aferist noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
fırıldaqçı noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
julik noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Bulgarian

4 entries

гега noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
извивка noun (a bend)
кра́дец noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
извивам verb (to bend)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

騙子 /骗子 noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Czech

4 entries

darebák noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
křivák noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
ohbí noun (a bend)
ohyb noun (a bend)

Dutch

4 entries

afzetster noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
afzetter noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
bedrieger noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
bedriegster noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Esperanto

2 entries

fikomercisto noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
fripono noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Finnish

4 entries

konna noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
käyräsauva noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
rikollinen noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
taive noun (a bend)

French

4 entries

arnaqueur noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
courbe noun (a bend)
escroc noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
houlette noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Galician

1 entries

caxato noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Georgian

2 entries

კავი noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
კაუჭი noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

German

4 entries

Ganove noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
Gauner noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
Hirtenstab noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
Krummstab noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Greek

2 entries

απατεώνας noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
γκλίτσα noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Icelandic

3 entries

glæpamaður noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
hirðingjastafur noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
þorpari noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Indonesian

2 entries

bajingan noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
maling noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Irish

4 entries

bachall noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
bithiúnach noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
caimín noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
camóg noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Italian

4 entries

furfante noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
ladro noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
pastorale noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
truffatore noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Japanese

1 entries

詐欺師 noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Korean

2 entries

오금 noun (a bend)
크루 noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Latin

2 entries

agolum noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
pedum noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Macedonian

4 entries

ге́га noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
кр́лук noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
кра́дец noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
кри́вак noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Middle English

1 entries

croken verb (to bend)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

skurk noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

چوبان دكنكی noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
اكمك verb (to bend)
بوكمك verb (to bend)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Vebräakja noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Portuguese

4 entries

cajado noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
curva noun (a bend)
gancho noun (a bend)
ladra noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Russian

4 entries

вор noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
жу́лик noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
изги́б noun (a bend)
моше́нник noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

bachall noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

lópov noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
ло́пов noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Sicilian

2 entries

croccu noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
vastuni noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)

Slovene

1 entries

lopov noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Spanish

4 entries

cayado noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
corvedura noun (a bend)
curva noun (a bend)
curvidad noun (a bend)

Swedish

2 entries

herdestav noun (specialized staff used by shepherds)
skurk noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Yiddish

1 entries

זשוליק noun (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

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The weather is crook.

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Sorry I didn't catch up after, but James was right crook so we left early.

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The government gave power to this crook.

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Tom isn't a crook.

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