crook

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.2.4 References 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.5 Quotations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: kɹʊk
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ʊk

[edit] Noun

crook (plural crooks)

1. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
   • 1973 (November 17), President Richard Nixon

     People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.^[1]

2. A shepard's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.

   1970 The New English Bible with the Apocrypha, Oxford Study Edition, pub 1976, Oxford University Press; Psalms 23-4, p583:

   • Even though I walk through a / valley dark as death / I fear no evil, for thou art with me, / thy staff and thy crook are my / comfort.

3. A bend.

   She held the baby in the crook of her arm.

[edit] Synonyms

• (criminal) See Wikisaurus:criminal

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[edit] Derived terms

• by hook or by crook
• (US) by hook or crook

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Nixon Tells Editors, 'I'm Not a Crook', November 18, 1973 (The Washington Post)

[edit] Verb

to crook (third-person singular simple present crooks, present participle crooking, simple past and past participle crooked)

1. (transitive) To bend.

   He crooked his finger toward me.

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crook (comparative more crook, superlative most crook)

1. (Australian, New Zealand, slang) ill, sick.
2. (Australian, New Zealand, slang) not right, not up to standard

   That work you did on my car is crook, mate

   Not turning up for training was pretty crook.

[edit] Quotations

• Other Australian Usage to be sorted out

  to go crook at someone, something; to get angry

  to be crook at/about someone, something; to be annoyed, upset

  crook as Rookwood. To be very sick (Rookwood is the main cemetry of Sydney)