crook

accomplice, principal

desperado, outlaw

convict, jailbird

perp, perpetrator

evildoer, gallows bird, misdoer, misfeasor, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, villain, wrongdoer

blackhander, gangster, hoodlum, hooligan, mobster, racketeer, thug

enforcer, gun, gunman, hit man, triggerman

backslider, recidivist, relapser, repeater

accused, arrestee, defendant, detainee, fish, suspect

kink, warp

circle, ring, ringlet, round

coil, curl, curlicue (also curlycue)

buckle, convolution, flexure, fold, loop, spiral, swirl, twist, winding

incurvature, reflection

decline, inclination, incline, slope

corner, turnoff

dogleg, hairpin

arc, round

incurvate, incurve, inflect, reflect

deflect, divert

entwine, kink, swirl, turn, twine, twist, veer, warp

coil, curl, enroll (also enrol), loop, spiral

dent, dimple

meander, wave, weave, wind

decline, incline, slope

circle, coil, curlicue, curl, loop, spiral

turn, twist, wind

deviate, veer