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crooksnounpl. of crook a person who has committed a crimea guy at the bar was raving about how all politicians are basically crooks criminals, culprits, lawbreakers, malefactors, miscreants, offenders misdemeanantsaccomplices, principalsdesperadoes(or desperados), outlawsconvicts, jailbirdsperpetrators, perpsevildoers, gallows birds, misdoers, misfeasors, sinners, transgressors, trespassers, villains, wrongdoersblackhanders, button men, gangsters, hoodlums, hooligans, mobsters, racketeers, thugsenforcers, gunmen, guns, gunsels(slang), hit men, triggermenbacksliders, recidivists, relapsers, repeatersaccused, arrestees, defendants, detainees, fish(or fishes), suspects gangbusters, lawmen something that curves or is curvedcarried the baby in the crook of her arm angles, arches, arcs, bends, bows, curvatures, curves, inflections, turns, winds kinks, warpscircles, ringlets, rings, roundscoils, curlicues(also curlycues), curlsbuckles, convolutions, flexures, folds, loops, spirals, swirls, twists, windingsincurvatures, reflectionsdeclines, inclinations, inclines, slopescorners, turnoffsdoglegs, hairpins crooksverbpresent tense third-person singular of crookto cause to turn away from a straight linecrooked a finger arches, bends, bows, curves, hooks, swerves arcs, roundsincurvates, incurves, inflects, reflectsdeflects, divertsentwines, kinks, swirls, turns, twines, twists, veers, warpscoils, curls, enrolls(also enrols), loops, spiralsdents, dimplesmeanders, waves, weaves, windsdeclines, inclines, slopes straightens, unbends, uncurls to turn away from a straight line or coursethe road suddenly crooked to the left arches, arcs, bends, bows, curves, falls off, hooks, rounds, sweeps, swerves, trends, wheels circles, coils, curlicues, curls, loops, spiralsturns, twists, windsdeviates, veers straightens |