Synonyms of crooks

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noun

plural of crook

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as in criminals

a person who has committed a crime

a guy at the bar was raving about how all politicians are basically crooks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criminals
• offenders
• culprits
• lawbreakers
• defendants
• miscreants
• malefactors
• desperados
• perpetrators
• accomplices
• thugs
• guns
• principals
• outlaws
• villains
• suspects
• desperadoes
• gangsters
• hoodlums
• fishes
• racketeers
• convicts
• jailbirds
• mobsters
• misdemeanants
• perps
• wrongdoers
• trespassers
• hooligans
• sinners
• fish
• transgressors
• recidivists
• evildoers
• backsliders
• detainees
• enforcers
• triggermen
• arrestees
• misdoers
• gunmen
• gunsels
• button men
• blackhanders
• misfeasors
• gallows birds
• accused
• repeaters
• hit men
• relapsers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawmen
• gangbusters

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as in curves

something that curves or is curved

carried the baby in the crook of her arm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curves
• curvatures
• bends
• angles
• winds
• turns
• arches
• bows
• arcs
• corners
• folds
• inflections
• slopes
• twists
• curls
• rings
• coils
• windings
• circles
• swirls
• loops
• warps
• convolutions
• ringlets
• kinks
• curlycues
• buckles
• spirals
• rounds
• reflections
• inclinations
• curlicues
• flexures
• inclines
• incurvatures
• hairpins
• turnoffs
• declines
• doglegs

crooks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of crook

1

as in bends

to cause to turn away from a straight line

crooked a finger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bends
• hooks
• arches
• curves
• bows
• twists
• curls
• waves
• swerves
• turns
• swirls
• rounds
• arcs
• coils
• deflects
• loops
• kinks
• dents
• weaves
• diverts
• reflects
• inflects
• veers
• spirals
• twines
• slopes
• dimples
• winds
• incurves
• entwines
• warps
• incurvates
• enrols
• meanders
• inclines
• enrolls
• declines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightens
• unbends
• uncurls

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as in trends

to turn away from a straight line or course

the road suddenly crooked to the left

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curves
• trends
• sweeps
• wheels
• falls off
• rounds
• bows
• hooks
• winds
• arches
• bends
• circles
• loops
• turns
• arcs
• coils
• curls
• swerves
• spirals
• curlicues
• twists
• deviates
• veers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightens