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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
Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Oliver was in the crook of my right arm.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Vipal Monga, WSJ, 30 May 2018
Would crooked Hillary have brought little rocket man to the table?
—Fox News, 2 May 2018
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Noun
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
Oliver was in the crook of my right arm.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
Lines that appear straight on the linens were crooked when scanned into a computer.
—Vipal Monga, WSJ, 30 May 2018
Would crooked Hillary have brought little rocket man to the table?
—Fox News, 2 May 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crook
Noun
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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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Oliva said the system is different from grading on a curve.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Sep. 2025
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The streamlined exterior evokes that of an early 20th-century cruiser, with long, horizontal lines and sweeping curves.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In 1986, Top Gun hit theaters, and like a lot of people my age, I was hooked.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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From the first notes of the theme song—thank you for being a friend—the girl is hooked.—
Beth Nguyen,
Time,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the streets with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Instead of a sense of outrage leading to a search for a better solution for repeat violent offenders, her death generated calls for collective retribution and vigilante justice.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Day and night aren't exactly 12 hours long on the day of the equinox because the Earth's atmosphere refracts, or bends, light in an optical illusion that results in more daylight.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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If culture clings to comfort, strategy will snap at the first bend.—
Maman Ibrahim,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These stripes arched across the front half of its body, only to fade into a solid brown coat toward its rear.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Rain drizzled down most of the day Friday and into the early evening, but before sunset, as Kansas City shredder Samantha Fish was unleashing on guitar, the clouds parted to make way for a vibrant, double rainbow that arched over the entire box canyon.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The presence, distribution, and motion of matter and energy through spacetime determined the curvature and evolution of that spacetime fabric, and then the curvature of that spacetime fabric determined the future trajectories and fates of every particle that exists within that spacetime.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Like the Ultra-Rise, this pocket charging stand can charge in portrait or landscape when an iPhone is in StandBy Mode and has a fully adjustable viewing angle.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Another strong angle of the movie is the mentorship between your character and Marlon Wayans’s character.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Crook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crook. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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