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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
Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025
For these two professional crooks, however, that means squaring their desire for an everyday home life with chasing big scores and brutal murder.
—Jesse Raub, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 30 Aug. 2018
Lines that appear straight on the linens were crooked when scanned into a computer.
—Vipal Monga, WSJ, 30 May 2018
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Noun
For early summer, there are beets with brown butter and poppy seeds, to dye gemelli a vibrant magenta; as fall approaches, green lentil ragù with roasted cherry tomatoes, to get caught in the crooks of cascatelli.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025
For these two professional crooks, however, that means squaring their desire for an everyday home life with chasing big scores and brutal murder.
—Jesse Raub, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Verb
Doing so causes the C930 to spring open slightly, allowing you to crook a finger under the lid and continue opening it.
—Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 30 Aug. 2018
Lines that appear straight on the linens were crooked when scanned into a computer.
—Vipal Monga, WSJ, 30 May 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crook
Noun
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The first thing to do is to reduce the damage to the United States, the inflow of guns and criminals and immigrants and drugs into the United States, the destabilizing of a key part of the Western Hemisphere.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Also, place freezes with ChexSystems and the National Consumer Telecom and Utilities Exchange to stop criminals from opening bank accounts, phone lines, or utility services in his name.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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My visit to Sani Isla had a learning curve.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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This means that there is a way of stretching the velocity curve in one frame to match the steeper velocity curve in a later frame.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Max is still in the water with the errant Jet Ski, which must be hooked to the crane.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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To cut energy costs and provide plants with the perfect amount of light, hook your grow lights up to a basic automatic timer.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Jan. 2026
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Boardman imposed a sentence of 97 months, citing Roske’s mental health and concerns about incarceration conditions and his status as a first-time criminal offender.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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Since 2013, the law has allowed juvenile offenders serving life without parole to petition to have their sentence recalled and to be resentenced.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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As the lead guide crouched down, an elephant walked around a bend in the river, maybe 30 metres ahead of us.—
Holden Frith,
TheWeek,
9 Jan. 2026
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At 6-foot-4, 255 pounds, Huff at his best has good bend and some twitch to his game.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Long, arched hallways lead to the guest rooms, restaurants, castle-like lounge spaces, and even an ancient cloister from the former monastery.—
Hannah Chubb,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2026
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Keep your core tight and avoid arching your back.—
Jenessa Connor,
Health,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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This perspective allows viewers to appreciate the curvature of the planet, accentuated by a thin, faint green layer of airglow along the horizon, a reminder of Earth's atmosphere glowing softly against the darkness of space.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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The Lover’s Knot originally had an extra 19 pearls pointed upright from each diamond curvature, according to Claire Scott, Design and Development Director at Garrard, per Natural Diamonds.—
Elle Meier,
InStyle,
29 Dec. 2025
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The incident sparked national outcry, as numerous videos circulated online showing multiple angles of the shooting, including the bodycam point of view of the officer who shot Good.—
Andrew Adeolu,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The angle of Ross’s phone does not capture any contact between him and the car.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Crook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crook. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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