Thesaurus: crook

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1. n. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.
2. n. Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
3. n. The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.
4. n. A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
5. n. A pothook.
6. n. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
7. n. A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
8. n. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.
9. n. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
10. n. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
11. v. i. To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
12. n. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime