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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
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
Charles Cioffi, the veteran character actor who portrayed lots of cops and crooks in projects including Klute, Shaft, Get Christie Love!
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Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
Charlotte Observer,
8 Dec. 2025
This is the best approach for stars whose characters have crooked, chipped or missing teeth.
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Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Steve Guttenberg To many, Steve Guttenberg will always be known as Police Academy’s Carey Mahoney, a rebellious but likable small-time crook who gets nudged into joining the force.
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
Charles Cioffi, the veteran character actor who portrayed lots of cops and crooks in projects including Klute, Shaft, Get Christie Love!
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Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
Verb
The Charlotte Observer dived into the crowd, lifted our arms to reach faces and crooked our necks to chat with the crowd.
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Charlotte Observer,
8 Dec. 2025
This is the best approach for stars whose characters have crooked, chipped or missing teeth.
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Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crook
Noun
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What begins as a chance to escape the routine of his everyday life quickly spirals into a dangerous gathering of powerful criminals, old enemies, and unresolved loyalties.
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That creates the perfect opening for criminals.
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There can be some volatility in aging curves, especially at this point in a player’s career.
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The implication for investors is that the belly of the yield curve — intermediate maturities in the three-to-seven-year range — offers an appealing balance of income and rate sensitivity.
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Volunteer Sergio Rovelli said anyone who has dedicated their time to the project gets hooked.
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The entire plug was on the outside of the pike’s mouth—he couldn’t be hooked too solidly.
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Deputies responded to the area and identified an undisclosed number of juveniles as the offenders, officials said.
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Washington faces decisions about whether to sanction firms that engage in distillation, restrict the chips and cloud infrastructure that support it, and create legal safe harbors for American AI labs to share threat intelligence about offenders.
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Does the water take a sharp bend to enter the culvert?
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Despite Iran’s threats, 20 of those ships had taken a route far south of Iran that hugs the coastline of the United Arab Emirates and bends along Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, avoiding Iranian waters.
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When the rain cleared, a rainbow arched above the New York skyline.
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Pay Attention to Plant Form Plants come in a wide range of shapes, from arching to columnar to spreading.
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The greater the mass of the object, the more extreme the curvature and thus the greater the gravitational influence of that object.
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This saves you a massive 42% on an elite display packing QHD resolution, blistering refresh rates and response times, and an immersive 1000R panel curvature.
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And when Cape Verde’s Deroy Duarte evened the score with a right footed shot from a difficult angle at the 59-minute mark, the stunned stadium went silent, minus two small spirited clots of Cape Verde fans in the East end zone seats.
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Jónsdóttir forced a turnover in the 56th minute, dribbled and scored from a tight angle to double the lead for Angel City (5-6-1).
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“Crook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crook. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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