rook¹ /rŭk/

1. A gregarious species of crow
2. A card-sharp (slang)
3. A simpleton (obsolete)

To fleece

rookˈery noun

1. A breeding-place of rooks in a group of trees
2. A breeding-place of penguins, seals, etc
3. A crowded cluster of slum tenements (archaic)
4. A place unpleasantly overcrowded with a particular group or type (figurative)
5. A disturbance (slang or dialect)

rookˈish adjective

rookˈy adjective (Shakespeare)

Full of rooks, or poss black, murky (see roky under roke)

rook² /rŭk/

In chess, any of four pieces, two on each side, usu shaped like a tower with battlements, that can move in a vertical or horizontal line over any number of empty squares (also called castle)

• bearded lizard
• bearded tit
• bearded tits
• bearded vulture
• bearded vultures
• bearded wheat
• beard-grass
• beardie
• beardies
• bearding
• beardless
• beardless wheat
• bear down
• beards
• beare
• bearer
• bearer bill
• bearer bills
• bearer bond
• bearer bonds
• bearers
• bearer securities
• bearer security
• bear fruit
• bear garden