crook
/kɹʊk/noun, verb1 syllable
Crook means: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
Synonyms for crook9
What does crook mean?4
noun
1
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
2
a circular segment of a curve“a bend in the road”
3
a long staff with one end being hook shaped
verb
1
bend or cause to bend“He crooked his index finger”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with crook?13
two syllables
mistook
three syllables
undertookovertook
Crook in a sentence
- One crook plus one crook is equal to zero crooks.nadsat
- You were born a crook and you'll always be one.frpzzd
- In our society we find men of integrity along with crooks.sans
- What kind of technique will he have? He's absolutely a crook.vanda_t
- When you cough or sneeze, cover your mouth with the crook of your elbow or a handkerchief.sundown
- If I become a crook, I don't have to tell anyone.Ioana_Dobre
- The government gave power to this crook.spockofvulcan
- You had dealings with a crook._undertoad
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of crook
as a noun
- plural
- crooks
as a verb
- past tense
- crooked
- present participle
- crooking
- third-person singular
- crooks
- past participle
- crooked