crook

IPA: krˈʊk

A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
(obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
(obsolete) 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.
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
A bishop's standard staff of office.
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
A pothook.
(music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
A town in County Durham, England.
A village in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England.
A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado, United States, named after George Crook
An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States, so named because of a local merchant's business practices (thus being derived from crook (thief)).
A surname.

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