crook

Definition

  • noun: a dishonest person
  • noun: an implement having a bent or hooked form
  • verb: to bend (your finger, neck, or arm)
  • used especially in the phrase 'go crook'
  • synonyms: bend, curve, curvature

Examples

  • He 'crooked' his finger at us and led us to the table.

  • She was determined to succeed 'by hook or by crook'.

  • He thinks politicians are just a bunch of 'crooks'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Follow that car! - The Lamborghini? - Yes, follow it! - Like in the movies? - Step on it! These crooks. No, it's my brother. Oh, he's your brother? What's he doing? Enrique! Enrique! To the hospital! (..)
    2007 Goal II: Living the Dream