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

2 of 2

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

Some people, however, take more than others, with cops and crooks snagging the lion’s share while ordinary people divvy up the scraps. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026

Had modern cryptographic algorithms been available to the crooks in this tale, Holmes would have been out of luck. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026

Charles Cioffi, the veteran character actor who portrayed lots of cops and crooks in projects including Klute, Shaft, Get Christie Love! — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2026

Or the fact that all cops may not be crooks. — Literary Hub, 6 May 2026

Already cancelled my auto-renewal so you crooks can't rob me again in 2027. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2026

The other crooks don’t have names worth learning, but the actors playing them, Shaun Mason and Nabil Elouahabi, do have memorable faces. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026

But the single-take fight scene that follows, as Lindsay, Ashley, and Austin fend off the chairwoman’s crooks, benefits from the roving camera. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026

Lopez said on top of it, the crooks also stole the catalytic converter from her personal car, which gets parked in the same lot, on Tuesday. — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026