Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

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Crook :: Crook (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc..
Incurvate :: Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber..
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Crookback :: Crookback (n.) A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.
Corbe :: Corbe (a.) Crooked.
Hawked :: Hawked (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Crooked :: Crooked (imp. & p. p.) of Croo.
Right :: Right (a.) To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..
Bowleg :: Bowleg (n.) A crooked leg.
Crump :: Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Incurve :: Incurve (v. t.) To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..
Sheephook :: Sheephook (n.) A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook..
Guaiacum :: Guaiacum (n.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America..
Zigzaggery :: Zigzaggery (n.) The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.
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