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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
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as in curves
something that curves or is curved
carried the baby in the crook of her arm
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as in bends
to cause to turn away from a straight line
crooked a finger
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as in trends
to turn away from a straight line or course
the road suddenly crooked to the left
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Recent Examples of crooks
Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The potential for a showdown over crime in Chicago – not just between law enforcement and crooks but between the federal government and city leaders – is escalating.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Aaron Rose, security architect manager at cybersecurity firm Check Point Software, told Nexstar in an email that the crooks often use victims’ personal interests against them.
—Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 30 Aug. 2025
Mark Ruffalo stars as veteran FBI agent Tom Brandis, who’s assigned to lead a task force to catch a gang of low-level crooks who’ve been putting on Halloween masks and ripping off local drug dealers, in a scheme reminiscent of Apple TV+’s recent Dope Thief.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
And yes, crooks can handle this transfer of money in different ways, such as suggesting putting money in an Apple Cash account.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
For crooks, those are tantalizing numbers.
—Shaleen Devgun, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The crooks took off heading uptown on Broadway.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
The resulting four-part docuseries takes viewers into the newsroom to witness the unglamorous work of journalists cross-checking sources, fleshing out scoops and building investigations, all while being actively undermined by a president who denounced them as liars and crooks.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
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Your report just might help the cops catch the crooks.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The potential for a showdown over crime in Chicago – not just between law enforcement and crooks but between the federal government and city leaders – is escalating.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Aaron Rose, security architect manager at cybersecurity firm Check Point Software, told Nexstar in an email that the crooks often use victims’ personal interests against them.
—Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 30 Aug. 2025
Mark Ruffalo stars as veteran FBI agent Tom Brandis, who’s assigned to lead a task force to catch a gang of low-level crooks who’ve been putting on Halloween masks and ripping off local drug dealers, in a scheme reminiscent of Apple TV+’s recent Dope Thief.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
And yes, crooks can handle this transfer of money in different ways, such as suggesting putting money in an Apple Cash account.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
For crooks, those are tantalizing numbers.
—Shaleen Devgun, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The crooks took off heading uptown on Broadway.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
The resulting four-part docuseries takes viewers into the newsroom to witness the unglamorous work of journalists cross-checking sources, fleshing out scoops and building investigations, all while being actively undermined by a president who denounced them as liars and crooks.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crooks
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Our research suggests that the vast majority of Republican voters want to close loopholes that allow criminals and dangerous people to get their hands on guns.—
Gabby Giffords,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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The days of letting dangerous criminals terrorize American citizens are over.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The downy-soft synthetic bristles cling to curves for seamless, stripe-free sculpting of your cheekbones, forehead, and jawline.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Acceleration is smooth, curves are stable, and the only significant resistance comes from air drag.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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This happens because the material’s own magnetization (usually from electron spin) bends the motion of electrons.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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But Sex and the City bends to no rules!—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Competition rises from the mid-40s in 2019 to 100 in much of 2021 and 2022, then trends down in 2024 and this year to a low of 32 in July.—
Nigel Chiwaya,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
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Biden’s autopen signature was used to issue major clemency orders in the final two months of his term that affected more than 4,000 individuals, including drug offenders and those placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Sep. 2025
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Produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment, Law & Order examines the criminal justice system and tells the stories of the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Posture Changes Spine curvatures can make standing up straight difficult, causing lower right back pain.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
6 Sep. 2025
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Their team built custom platinum contact lenses, press-molded to precise curvatures, and connected them to electrodes.—
Meghie Rodrigues,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Create subheadlines that make one clear promise Your subheadline does the heavy lifting after your headline hooks them.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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To develop it, the research team incorporated mushroom heads or hooks directly into the building components.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Aug. 2025
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The operations in Boston and Chicago are modeled after the June immigration sweeps in Los Angeles.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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The council vote came a day after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority lifted a restraining order issued by a lower court that prohibited federal agents conducting immigration sweeps from stopping people based solely on their race, language, job or location.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Crooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crooks. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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