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Crook (n.) A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.
Crook (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.
Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
Crook (n.) A pothook.
Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
Crook (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.
Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
Crook (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
Crooked (imp. & p. p.) of Crook
Crooked (a.) Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.