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Crook

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Noun

a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
the hooked part of anything.
an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a shepherd's staff hooked at one end or the crosier of a bishop or abbot.
a dishonest person, esp. a sharper, swindler, or thief.
a bend, turn, or curve
a crook in the road.
the act of crooking or bending.
a pothook.
Also called shank. a device on some musical wind instruments for changing the pitch, consisting of a piece of tubing inserted into the main tube.

Verb (used with object)

to bend; curve; make a crook in.
Slang . to steal, cheat, or swindle
She crooked a ring from that shop.

Verb (used without object)

to bend; curve.

Antonyms

noun
law , police
verb
straighten

Synonyms

noun
cheat , filcher , knave , pilferer , purloiner , racketeer , robber , rogue , scoundrel , shark * , shyster * , swindler , villain , bow , curvature , curve , round , turn , bilk , cheater , cozener , defrauder , rook , sharper , trickster , victimizer
verb
bow , curve , flex , fork , hook , meander , notch , round , slither , snake , wind , zigzag , angle , arc , arch , turn , bend , burglar , cheat , criminal , incurvate , outlaw , robber , shyster , swindler , thief , thug

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