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as in criminal
a person who has committed a crime
a guy at the bar was raving about how all politicians are basically crooks
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as in curve
something that curves or is curved
carried the baby in the crook of her arm
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as in to hook
to cause to turn away from a straight line
crooked a finger
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Recent Examples of crook
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
The other thing is, Maduro wasn’t an ideologist either, and Maduro was a gangster and crook extraordinaire.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
Charlotte Observer,
8 Dec. 2025
This is the best approach for stars whose characters have crooked, chipped or missing teeth.
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Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Charles Cioffi, the veteran character actor who portrayed lots of cops and crooks in projects including Klute, Shaft, Get Christie Love!
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Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
The other thing is, Maduro wasn’t an ideologist either, and Maduro was a gangster and crook extraordinaire.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
Verb
The Charlotte Observer dived into the crowd, lifted our arms to reach faces and crooked our necks to chat with the crowd.
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Charlotte Observer,
8 Dec. 2025
This is the best approach for stars whose characters have crooked, chipped or missing teeth.
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Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crook
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This makes your accounts much harder to break into, even if a criminal gets control of your phone number.
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And historically, denaturalization has been reserved for the most egregious offenders, such as human rights abusers and violent criminals.
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Designed to blur the line between indoors and outdoors, the home is organized as a series of pavilions surrounding a massive central atrium with a reflecting pool, sculptural curves, and a distinctive grid-like roof supported by colossal columns.
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The rules are simple, the equipment is minimal and the learning curve is short enough that beginners can hold a rally within minutes.
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At Yale, he was required to take directing classes and he got hooked.
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While the first few episodes are delivered free to hook the viewer, subsequent episodes are pay-per-view or consumed through a weekly or monthly pass.
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The offender is described as an African-American man between 40-45 years of age, weighing 180-200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray/black baseball cap, a light blue shirt, gray pants, and black gym shoes.
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To better understand what drives a young person to commit these crimes, CNN spent months searching for prior offenders willing to speak about their experience.
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Few officials have studied more carefully how the global energy system bends and buckles under pressure.
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Li’s enjoyably dynamic heroine, constantly planning three steps ahead to charm her way into a crucial meeting with Christopher or shake off a ruthless fixer (Lee Jae-yoon), ensures there’s always another big plot turn coming around the bend.
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Choose grasses with tall, arching stems to set off the upright dahlia form.
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Lower back discomfort or tightness might be due to arching of your back, or your back muscles tacking on too much of the work to overcompensate for a lack of hip strength or control.
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The Australian system, developed over 40 years, works by refracting high-frequency electromagnetic waves off the ionosphere to detect distant objects that are invisible to conventional radars because of Earth’s curvature.
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The Australian system, developed over 40 years, works by refracting high-frequency electromagnetic waves off the ionosphere to detect distant objects that are invisible to conventional radars because of Earth's curvature.
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Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson just stopped Haiti's best opportunity to score all night, on a corner kick that found the head of Haiti's Ade and deflected backward on an angle directly into the goal.
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August 23 – September 22 Your patience meets pressure from different angles.
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“Crook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crook. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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