Synonyms of crooks

crooks 1 of 2

noun

plural of crook

1

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
• perpetrators
• accomplices
• thugs
• guns
• principals
• outlaws
• villains
• desperadoes
• suspects
• gangsters
• hoodlums
• racketeers
• convicts
• jailbirds
• mobsters
• misdemeanants
• perps
• wrongdoers
• trespassers
• hooligans
• sinners
• transgressors
• fish
• 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

2

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
• inflections
• folds
• slopes
• twists
• curls
• rings
• coils
• windings
• circles
• swirls
• loops
• warps
• convolutions
• ringlets
• kinks
• 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
• loops
• deflects
• kinks
• dents
• weaves
• diverts
• reflects
• inflects
• veers
• spirals
• twines
• slopes
• dimples
• winds
• incurves
• entwines
• warps
• incurvates
• meanders
• inclines
• enrolls
• declines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightens
• unbends
• uncurls

2

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crooks

Noun

The crooks beat him savagely, at one point slashing him with a machete, while demanding his iPhone password, officials said. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 22 Sep. 2026

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is a British soldier trying to keep the bomb from going boom, while Theo James and Sam Worthington are part of a gang of crooks with some trust issues. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

More than most pictures about crooks and the men who chase them, Melville’s movie gets into the heads of its characters and the heart of their wicked deeds with surgical precision. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

His actions reduced the time the crooks had inside the house. — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Cox, working like a shoestring Peckinpah, sets up Strindler against the crooks who run the border town — the corrupt mayor and sheriff and a wealthy rancher. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

The first chink in the armor came when (human) crooks started assembling CAPTCHA farms. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Also in his orbit are a consortium of crooks, including his cousin Freddie, a hip junkie, and Pepper, a taciturn hoodlum who was friends with Ray’s dad, Big Mike, a legendary thief. — Niela Orr, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Nonetheless, skeptics seized on the news to warn that airport workers seeking a payoff might collude to cancel a flight, or that crooks could call in fake threats to shut down air travel. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 16 July 2026