crooknoun
uk/krʊk/us/krʊk/crook noun (CRIMINAL)
[ C ] informal a very dishonest person, especially a criminal or a cheat:
These politicians are just a bunch of crooks.
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Criminals - general words
- abet
- accessory
- accomplice
- culprit
- delinquent
- felon
- gangbanger
- gangland
- juvenile delinquent
- lawbreaker
- lowlife
- offender
- outlaw
- perp
- perpetrator
- probationer
- transgress
- villain
- wanted
- wrongdoer
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crook noun (BEND)
the crook of your arm
the inside part of your arm where it bends
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The arm
- acromial
- acromioclavicular
- acromion
- alar
- anconeus
- appendage
- cubital
- elbow
- glenohumeral
- glenoid
- infraglenoid
- infraspinatous
- subscapularis
- supraclavicular
- supraglenoid
- suprascapular
- supraspinatous
- triceps
- ulna
- underarm
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crook noun (STICK)
[ C ] a long stick with a curved end, especially one carried by a shepherd or a bishop
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Poles, rods, shafts and sticks
- bar
- billy club
- boathook
- bollard
- broomstick
- cane
- lightning conductor
- maypole
- pointer
- rod
- rung
- shaft
- shooting stick
- spoke
- stake
- telephone pole
- totem pole
- truncheon
- utility pole
- waddy
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crookadjective
uk/krʊk/us/krʊk/Australian English informalbad or ill:
I'm a bit crook at the moment.
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Not fit & healthy
- bedridden
- critical list
- danger list
- dehydrated
- emaciated
- far gone
- frailty
- groggy
- ill
- infirmity
- insufficiency
- knock
- malaise
- not agree with sb idiom
- off-colour
- organic
- relapse
- shadow
- starved
- unhealthy
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Informal words for bad
crookverb [ T ]
uk/krʊk/us/krʊk/old-fashionedto bend your arm or finger:
She delicately crooked her little finger as she picked up her cup.
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Bending, twisting and curving
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- contort
- convoluted
- flexure
- fluted
- intertwine
- interweave
- knot
- matted
- meander
- meandering
- sinuous
- twiddly
- twine
- twisted
- twisty
- warp
- wring
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