crook
21crook — [[t]kr ʊk[/t]] crooks, crooking, crooked 1) N COUNT A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal. [INFORMAL] The man is a crook and a liar... Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences. 2) N COUNT: usu sing, the N of n The… …
22crook — /krʊk / (say krook) noun 1. a bent or curved piece, appendage, etc.; a hook; the hooked part of anything. 2. an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a shepherd s staff hooked at one end or as the crozier of a bishop or abbot.… …
23crook — 1. noun /kɹʊk/ a) A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal. People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, Im not a crook. Ive earned everything Ive got. b) A shepherds… …
24crook — I UK [krʊk] / US noun [countable] Word forms crook : singular crook plural crooks 1) a) informal someone who is dishonest, especially someone who uses their position of power for their own personal advantage the bunch of crooks who run the… …
25Crook — 1. dishonest person; 2. criminal; thief or swindler; 3. not good, sick: feel crook ; 4. bad: crook weather ; 5. not functioning; 6. difficult: crook job ; 7. angry: Don t go crook on him …
26crook — I Australian Slang 1. dishonest person; 2. criminal; thief or swindler; 3. not good, sick: feel crook ; 4. bad: crook weather ; 5. not functioning; 6. difficult: crook job ; 7. angry: Don t go crook on him II Canadian Slang a thief or a criminal …
27crook — 01. He s a real [crook] who steals from everyone he can. 02. [Crooked] policemen in this town are arresting drug dealers and taking all the drugs to sell themselves. 03. My grandfather doesn t vote because he thinks that all politicians are… …
28crook — Bad, unpleasant or unsatisfactory: Things were crook on the land in the seventies. Crook means bad in a general sense, and also in more specific senses too: unwell or injured (a crook knee), and dishonest or illegal (he was accused of crook… …
29crook — crook1 /krook/, n. 1. a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook. 2. the hooked part of anything. 3. 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… …
30crook — crook1 [kruk] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: krokr hook ] 1.) informal a dishonest person or a criminal ▪ The crooks got away across the park. 2.) a long stick with a curved end, used by people who look after sheep 3.) the crook of your …
