英语词汇“crook”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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A crook is long staff that’s bent at one end, like something you might see a shepherd carrying. A crook can also be a criminal — a person who’s dishonest, or bent, just like the staff.

The noun crook entered English in the 13th century as a way to describe the long tool with a hook at one end. It later took on the meaning of “petty criminal.” You can use crook as an informal way to describe someone who is dishonest. A crook is typically involved in minor or nonviolent crimes; you wouldn’t use the word to describe a murderer, for example. A con man or someone committing fraud could be called a crook.

WORD FAMILY

crook: crooked, crooking, crooks+/crooked: crookeder, crookedest, crookedly, crookedness/crookedness: crookednesses

USAGE EXAMPLES

“It’s a really cool experience. You learn a lot from All-State,” Crooks said.

Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016)

Ibrahim, who declined to be fully identified because of the corruption crackdown, says he was not a big-time crook, like the accounting and revenue officials.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016)

He said, ‘I looked her over real well and I couldn’t find anything wrong with her but one crooked tooth.’

Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016)

1n a long staff with one end being hook shaped

Syn|Hyper

shepherd's crook

staff

a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

2n a circular segment of a curve

a crook in the path

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bend, turn, twist

bight

a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)

curve, curved shape

the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

3v bend or cause to bend

He crooked his index finger

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

curve

recurve

curve or bend (something) back or down

bend, flex

form a curve

n someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper

criminal, felon, malefactor, outlaw

William H. Bonney

United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881)

Jesse James

United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)

Robert MacGregor

Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734)

Benedict Arnold

United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801)

John Wilkes Booth

United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)

Alphonse Capone

United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)

Guy Fawkes

English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606)

Jack the Ripper

an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century

Jean Laffite

French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)

Sir Henry Morgan

a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)

Titus Oates

English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)

Lee Harvey Oswald

United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)

Bartholomew Roberts

a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)

Edward Thatch

an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

Dick Turpin

English highwayman (1706-1739)

Khayr ad-Din

Barbary pirate (died in 1546)

accessary, accessory

someone who helps another person commit a crime

arsonist, firebug, incendiary

a criminal who illegally sets fire to property

blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist

a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them

bootlegger, moonshiner

someone who makes or sells illegal liquor

briber, suborner

someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act

coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter

a member of a conspiracy

desperado, desperate criminal

a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

fugitive, fugitive from justice

someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

gangster, mobster

a criminal who is a member of gang

highbinder

a corrupt politician

highjacker, hijacker

someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie

an aggressive and violent young criminal

gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird

a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly

abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher

someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

mafioso

a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States

gangster's moll, gun moll, moll

the girlfriend of a gangster

liquidator, manslayer, murderer

a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

parolee, probationer

someone released on probation or on parole

drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher

an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs

racketeer

someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)

raper, rapist

someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse

habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater

someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

scofflaw

one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses

contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, runner, smuggler

someone who imports or exports without paying duties

stealer, thief

a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

traitor, treasonist

someone who betrays his country by committing treason

law offender, lawbreaker, violator

someone who violates the law

apache

a Parisian gangster

absconder

a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution

abetter, abettor

one who helps or encourages or incites another

accessory after the fact

a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony

accessory before the fact

a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration

accessory during the fact

a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it

assassin, assassinator, bravo

a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

bagman

a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money

bandit, brigand

an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

barnburner

someone who burns down a barn

booster, lifter, shoplifter

a thief who steals goods that are in a store

bully

a hired thug

burglar

a thief who enters a building with intent to steal

butcher

a brutal indiscriminate murderer

collaborationist, collaborator, quisling

someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

collaborator, confederate, henchman, partner in crime

someone who assists in a plot

coyote

someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border)

crimp, crimper

someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

cutthroat

someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat

dacoit, dakoit

a member of an armed gang of robbers

defalcator, embezzler, peculator

someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use

escapee

someone who escapes

fifth columnist, saboteur

a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader

fratricide

a person who murders their brother or sister

body snatcher, ghoul, graverobber

someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection

graverobber

someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts

gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman

a professional killer who uses a gun

arms-runner, gunrunner

a smuggler of guns

hatchet man, iceman

a professional killer

holdup man, stickup man

an armed thief

infanticide

a person who murders an infant

larcener, larcenist

a person who commits larceny

mass murderer

a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident

murderess

a woman murderer

parricide

someone who kills his or her parent

cutpurse, dip, pickpocket

a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer

someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler

someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

ripper

a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife

robber

a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence

rumrunner

someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border

cattle thief, rustler

someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)

cracksman, safebreaker, safecracker

a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents

serial killer, serial murderer

someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval

seizer, shanghaier

a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship

snatcher

a thief who grabs and runs

pilferer, sneak thief, snitcher

a thief who steals without using violence

traitress

female traitor

yakuza

a Japanese gangster

yardie

member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence

principal

(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

单词	crook
释义	crook (once / 390 pages) 1nv 2n A crook is long staff that’s bent at one end, like something you might see a shepherd carrying. A crook can also be a criminal — a person who’s dishonest, or bent, just like the staff. The noun crook entered English in the 13th century as a way to describe the long tool with a hook at one end. It later took on the meaning of “petty criminal.” You can use crook as an informal way to describe someone who is dishonest. A crook is typically involved in minor or nonviolent crimes; you wouldn’t use the word to describe a murderer, for example. A con man or someone committing fraud could be called a crook. WORD FAMILY crook: crooked, crooking, crooks+/crooked: crookeder, crookedest, crookedly, crookedness/crookedness: crookednesses USAGE EXAMPLES “It’s a really cool experience. You learn a lot from All-State,” Crooks said. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Ibrahim, who declined to be fully identified because of the corruption crackdown, says he was not a big-time crook, like the accounting and revenue officials. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) He said, ‘I looked her over real well and I couldn’t find anything wrong with her but one crooked tooth.’ Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1n a long staff with one end being hook shaped Syn\|Hyper shepherd's crook staff a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose 2n a circular segment of a curve a crook in the path Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bend, turn, twist bight a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) curve, curved shape the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes 3v bend or cause to bend He crooked his index finger Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper curve recurve curve or bend (something) back or down bend, flex form a curve 2 n someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime Syn\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper criminal, felon, malefactor, outlaw William H. Bonney United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881) Jesse James United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882) Robert MacGregor Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734) Benedict Arnold United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801) John Wilkes Booth United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865) Alphonse Capone United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947) Guy Fawkes English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606) Jack the Ripper an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century Jean Laffite French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826) Sir Henry Morgan a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688) Titus Oates English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705) Lee Harvey Oswald United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963) Bartholomew Roberts a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722) Edward Thatch an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) Dick Turpin English highwayman (1706-1739) Khayr ad-Din Barbary pirate (died in 1546) accessary, accessory someone who helps another person commit a crime arsonist, firebug, incendiary a criminal who illegally sets fire to property blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them bootlegger, moonshiner someone who makes or sells illegal liquor briber, suborner someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter a member of a conspiracy desperado, desperate criminal a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) fugitive, fugitive from justice someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice gangster, mobster a criminal who is a member of gang highbinder a corrupt politician highjacker, hijacker someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie an aggressive and violent young criminal gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) mafioso a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States gangster's moll, gun moll, moll the girlfriend of a gangster liquidator, manslayer, murderer a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) parolee, probationer someone released on probation or on parole drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs racketeer someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) raper, rapist someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) scofflaw one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, runner, smuggler someone who imports or exports without paying duties stealer, thief a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it traitor, treasonist someone who betrays his country by committing treason law offender, lawbreaker, violator someone who violates the law apache a Parisian gangster absconder a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution abetter, abettor one who helps or encourages or incites another accessory after the fact a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony accessory before the fact a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration accessory during the fact a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it assassin, assassinator, bravo a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed bagman a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money bandit, brigand an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band barnburner someone who burns down a barn booster, lifter, shoplifter a thief who steals goods that are in a store bully a hired thug burglar a thief who enters a building with intent to steal butcher a brutal indiscriminate murderer collaborationist, collaborator, quisling someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force collaborator, confederate, henchman, partner in crime someone who assists in a plot coyote someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border) crimp, crimper someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers cutthroat someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat dacoit, dakoit a member of an armed gang of robbers defalcator, embezzler, peculator someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use escapee someone who escapes fifth columnist, saboteur a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader fratricide a person who murders their brother or sister body snatcher, ghoul, graverobber someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection graverobber someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman a professional killer who uses a gun arms-runner, gunrunner a smuggler of guns hatchet man, iceman a professional killer holdup man, stickup man an armed thief infanticide a person who murders an infant larcener, larcenist a person who commits larceny mass murderer a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident murderess a woman murderer parricide someone who kills his or her parent cutpurse, dip, pickpocket a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) ripper a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife robber a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence rumrunner someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border cattle thief, rustler someone who steals livestock (especially cattle) cracksman, safebreaker, safecracker a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents serial killer, serial murderer someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval seizer, shanghaier a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship snatcher a thief who grabs and runs pilferer, sneak thief, snitcher a thief who steals without using violence traitress female traitor yakuza a Japanese gangster yardie member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence principal (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
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