Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc..

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Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..
Curve :: Curve (a.) Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key..
Crooking :: Crooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croo.
Hawked :: Hawked (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Bent :: Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever..
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..
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
Indirectness :: Indirectness (n.) The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..
Crookedly :: Crookedly (adv.) In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
Crookack :: Crookack (a.) Hunched.
Curvation :: Curvation (n.) The act of bending or crooking.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
Crookedness :: Crookedness (n.) The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness..
Crook :: Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Wrybill :: Wrybill (n.) See Crookbill.
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees..
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