a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.

the hooked part of anything.

an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a shepherd's staff hooked at one end or the crosier of a bishop or abbot.

a dishonest person, esp. a sharper, swindler, or thief.

a bend, turn, or curve

a crook in the road.

the act of crooking or bending.

a pothook.

Also called shank. a device on some musical wind instruments for changing the pitch, consisting of a piece of tubing inserted into the main tube.

to bend; curve; make a crook in.

Slang . to steal, cheat, or swindle

She crooked a ring from that shop.

to bend; curve.

noun

law , police

verb

straighten

noun

cheat , filcher , knave , pilferer , purloiner , racketeer , robber , rogue , scoundrel , shark * , shyster * , swindler , villain , bow , curvature , curve , round , turn , bilk , cheater , cozener , defrauder , rook , sharper , trickster , victimizer

verb

bow , curve , flex , fork , hook , meander , notch , round , slither , snake , wind , zigzag , angle , arc , arch , turn , bend , burglar , cheat , criminal , incurvate , outlaw , robber , shyster , swindler , thief , thug