Definition of crook

noun (n)

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime (noun.person)

  Synonym: criminal, felon, malefactor, outlaw
  

  source: wordnet30
• a circular segment of a curve (noun.shape)

  Synonym: bend, turn, twist
  

  Example:
  A crook in the path.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a long staff with one end being hook shaped (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• bend or cause to bend (verb.motion)

  Synonym: curve
  

  Example:
  He crooked his index finger.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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