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单词 crook
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crook

She fitted naturally and comfortably into the crook of my arm like the missing piece of a puzzle.But one of the crooks then swipes all the gold for himself.We were in silhouette as the three shepherds with our crooks.The crooks used gloves to make sure they left no fingerprints.But this one was more than just a petty crook no one would miss.Suggest he is a liar and a crook.But get it done by hook or by crook.YOU'D expect the immigration surge to cause a rise in crime by foreign crooks.The police must wonder why they bother to catch the crooks in the first place.Crooks are stealing the identities of real legal practices to con you and your solicitor.The crooks used forged residency documents and job references to claim huge handouts.And for this they have been made to appear like petty crooks.Bag a ticket by hook or by crook.The case follows other attacks by freed foreign crooks.Most of my clients were harmless small-time crooks or businessmen who had committed fraud or theft.We want another president, not a crook and a thief.Instead, he offers a reward for turning in the crooks.There is at least one notorious crook protected by his seniority and almost certain to be re-elected.Ministers highlighted five recent cases as proof they are catching welfare crooks who cost taxpayers 1.2billion a year.I cradled her head in the crook of my elbow and rocked her slowly.Straight as a shepherd 's crook.I bet he crooks his little finger when he drinks a cup of tea '.

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crook

British English: crook /krʊk/ NOUN
A crook is a criminal or a dishonest person.
The man is a crook and a liar.
  • American English: crook
  • Arabic: نَصَّاب
  • Brazilian Portuguese: desonesto
  • Chinese: 骗子
  • Croatian: varalica
  • Czech: darebák
  • Danish: slyngel
  • Dutch: oplichter
  • European Spanish: malhechor
  • Finnish: konna rikollinen
  • French: escroc
  • German: Betrüger
  • Greek: αγύρτης
  • Italian: imbroglione
  • Japanese: ペテン師
  • Korean: 사기꾼
  • Norwegian: kjeltring
  • Polish: oszust
  • European Portuguese: desonesto
  • Romanian: escroc
  • Russian: жулик
  • Latin American Spanish: malhechor
  • Swedish: skurk
  • Thai: คนทุจริต
  • Turkish: düzenbaz
  • Ukrainian: дурисвіт
  • Vietnamese: kẻ lừa gạt
British English: crook VERB
If you crook your arm or finger, you bend it.
He crooked his finger: 'Come forward', he said.
  • American English: crook
  • Brazilian Portuguese: dobrar
  • Chinese: 弯曲
  • European Spanish: doblar
  • French: recourber
  • German: krümmen
  • Italian: piegare
  • Japanese: 曲げる
  • Korean: 구부리다
  • European Portuguese: dobrar
  • Latin American Spanish: doblar

All related terms of 'crook'

Chinese translation of 'crook'

crook

(kruk)

n (c)

  1. (inf, = criminal) 坏(壞)蛋 (huàidàn) (个(個), )
  2. (= stick) [of shepherd, bishop] 手杖 (shǒuzhàng) (, gēn)
    the crook of one's arm/leg 臂弯(彎)/膝弯(彎) (bìwān/xīwān)
(noun) 
Definition
a dishonest person
(informal) 
The man is a crook and a liar.
Synonyms
criminal
He was put in a cell with several hardened criminals.
rogue
He wasn't a rogue at all.
cheat
He's nothing but a rotten cheat.
thief
The thieves snatched the camera.
shark
lag (slang)
villain
As a copper, I've spent my life putting villains like him away.
robber
Armed robbers broke into a jewellers.
racketeer
fraudster
swindler
Swindlers have cheated investors out of £12 million.
knave (archaic)
It is difficult to believe that he is such a knave behind my back.
grifter (slang, mainly US, Canadian)
chiseller (informal)
skelm (South Africa)
(noun) 
Definition
a bent or curved place or thing
She hid her face in the crook of her arm.
Synonyms
angle
brackets to adjust the steering wheel's angle
bend
The crash occurred on a sharp bend.
bow
curve
a curve in the road
fork
intersection
crotch
(verb) 
Definition
to bend or curve
He crooked his finger and said, `Come here.'
Synonyms
bend
Bend the bar into a horseshoe.
hook
I hooked my left arm over the side of the dinghy.
angle
You can angle the slats for more shade.
bow
He bowed slightly before taking her bag.
curve
The track curved away below him.
curl
Smoke was curling up the chimney.
cock
flex
He slowly flexed his muscles.
(adjective) 
(Australian, New Zealand, informal) 
He admitted to feeling a bit crook.
Synonyms
ill
He was seriously ill with pneumonia.
sick
She's very sick.
poorly (informal)
I've just phoned Julie and she's still poorly.
funny (informal)
My head ached and my stomach felt funny.
weak
I was too weak to move my arms and legs.
ailing
I stopped working to care for my ailing mother.
queer
frail
She lay in bed looking particularly frail.
feeble
While I was ill I was too feeble to even stand.
unhealthy
a poorly dressed, unhealthy looking fellow with a poor complexion
seedy (informal)
All right, are you? Not feeling seedy?
sickly
He had been a sickly child.
unwell
He felt unwell as he was being driven back to his office.
laid up (informal)
I was laid up in bed with acute rheumatism.
queasy
He was prone to sickness and already felt queasy.
infirm
my infirm husband
out of sorts (informal)
At times, he has seemed lifeless and out of sorts.
dicky (British, informal)
He always has a dicky stomach after eating curry.
nauseous
Sea travel makes me feel nauseous.
off-colour
She felt off-colour but did not have any dramatic symptoms.
under the weather (informal)
I'm feeling a bit under the weather today.
at death's door
indisposed
The speaker was regrettably indisposed.
peaky
Are you feeling all right? You look a little peaky.
on the sick list (informal)
green about the gills

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of ailing
Definition
unwell or unsuccessful over a long period
I stopped working to care for my ailing mother.
Synonyms
ill,
suffering,
poorly (informal),
diseased,
sick,
weak,
crook (Australian, New Zealand, informal),
feeble,
invalid,
debilitated,
sickly,
unwell,
infirm,
off colour,
under the weather (informal),
indisposed
in the sense of bow
Definition
to lower (one's head) or bend (one's knee or body) as a sign of respect, greeting, agreement, or shame
He bowed slightly before taking her bag.
Synonyms
bend,
bob,
nod,
incline,
stoop,
droop,
genuflect,
make obeisance
in the sense of cheat
Definition
a person who cheats
He's nothing but a rotten cheat.
Synonyms
deceiver,
sharper,
cheater,
shark,
charlatan,
trickster,
conman or woman (informal),
con artist (informal),
impostor,
fraudster,
double-crosser (informal),
swindler,
grifter (slang, US, Canadian),
rorter (Australian, slang),
chiseller (informal),
rogue,
dodger,
knave (archaic),
rogue trader

Synonyms of 'crook'

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