Found 4 items, similar to crooks.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: crook bajingan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: crook bajingan, kaitan, lekuk, pengait, penyeleweng
English → English (WordNet) Definition: crook crook n 1: someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime [syn: criminal, felon, outlaw, malefactor] 2: a circular segment of a curve; “a bend in the road”; “a crook in the path” [syn: bend, turn] 3: a long staff with one end being hook shaped [syn: shepherd's crook ] crook v : bend or cause to bend; “He crooked his index finger”; “the road curved sharply” [syn: curve]
English → English (gcide) Definition: crook crook \crook\ (kr[oo^]k), n. [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr[=o]kr hook, bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crocan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. Crosier, Crotchet, Crutch, Encroach.] 1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. [1913 Webster] Through lanes, and crooks, and darkness. --Phaer. [1913 Webster] 2. Any implement having a bent or crooked end. Especially: (a) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. (b) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff. [1913 Webster] He left his crook, he left his flocks. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 3. A pothook. “As black as the crook.” --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 4. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. [1913 Webster] For all yuor brags, hooks, and crooks. --Cranmer. [1913 Webster] 5. (Mus.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. [1913 Webster] 6. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. [Cant, U.S.] [1913 Webster] By hook or by crook, in some way or other; by fair means or foul. [1913 Webster]