crook

1. n. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. Source: opted

2. n. Any implement having a bent or crooked end. Source: opted

3. n. The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. Source: opted

4. n. A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff. Source: opted

5. n. A pothook. Source: opted

6. n. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. Source: opted

7. n. A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. Source: opted

8. n. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. Source: opted

9. n. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. Source: opted

10. n. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. Source: opted

11. v. i. To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. Source: opted

12. n. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime Source: wordnet

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