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.

Examples of "crook" in Sentences

The police arrested the crook.
So the Kammel is the crooked water.
He also carries the crook and flail.
The cops arrive and arrest the crook.
A syncline determines the top of the crook.
It was the winner of the Compton Crook Award.
The hand holding the crook is bent at the elbows.
The trunk is crooked and asymmetrical at the base.
Raising the crooked finger is invitation to the act.
Another anticline determines the end of the crook shape.
The Cuban crook is only going to get the Dade county vote.
Makes no difference a crook is a crook no matter what color.
…. .a crook is a crook, throw them out and into jail they go.
At least we would know the convict was a crook from the get go.
How many times do we have to tell you a crook is a crook is a crook.
I'd bet that this crook is still drawing his full congressional salary at our expense.
The average break-in crook will be scared away, as for true killers/dope heads that's another story.
If this crook is the top for the GOP then that alone would let you know what type of people the GOP's are.
The only chance Corzine has of getting reelected are the idiots who vote straight Democrat, regardless of which crook is on the ticket. keith 52yrs in NJ
Keep looking and you will surely find a crook judge in crook county that will be able to be bought off so the DEMOCRAT PARTY OF DEATH can carry out their evil.