Synonyms for crook

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kroo k

Phonetic Transcription : krʊk

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Définition of crook

Origin : early 13c., "hook-shaped instrument or weapon," from Old Norse krokr "hook, corner," cognate with Old High German kracho "hooked tool," of obscure origin but perhaps related to a widespread group of Germanic kr- words meaning "bent, hooked." Meaning "swindler" is American English, 1879, from crooked in figurative sense of "dishonest" (1708). Crook "dishonest trick" was in Middle English.

noun criminal, thief
verb bend, angle

Example sentences :

And he's promised to pay for the pinto, so that don't make him a crook.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Now, the stool-pigeon in this trick is a swell English crook.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

With them, the crook is presumed guilty at the outset of whatever may be charged against him.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

If you'd been a crook, well, God knows how we'd a-panned out.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

I am an outlaw, and get my living by hook and by crook in a manner it boots not now to tell of.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

She nodded happily from her cozy position in the crook of Hilary's arm.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

He walked over to Spud, lifted the dummy into position in the crook of his arm.
Extract from : « The Second Voice » by Mann Rubin

Charlie was not only a drunkard still, but the “crook” he was supposed to be.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

By his own admission he was against the law, a “crook,” and—the penitentiary was looming.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

He meant to see Diane before he turned in, by hook or by crook.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

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