by hook or crook
English
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- Alternative form of by hook or by crook.
- 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
- "A formidable incentive for a weak and desperate man to secure a fortune by hook or crook, Max," said Carlyle drily.