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  1. a dishonest person. cheat She's a liar and a cheat! cheater US I wouldn't play a game with him - he's a cheater. crook My dad says that used car salesmen are just a bunch of crooks. cowboy UK The private security firm are just a bunch of cowboys looking to rough up anyone who crosses their path.

  2. Noun. Cops on Thursday released images of the callous crook in the hopes someone may recognize him. Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024 The schemes may have gotten more sophisticated, the crooks more innovative and the methods, such as using technology, more advanced, but the goal is the same: greed.

  3. 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.

  4. Synonyms for CROOK: criminal, offender, culprit, lawbreaker, defendant, malefactor, miscreant, accomplice; Antonyms of CROOK: lawman, gangbuster, straighten, unbend, uncurl.

  5. an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a shepherd's staff hooked at one end or the crosier of a bishop or abbot. a dishonest person, especially a sharper, swindler, or thief. a bend, turn, or curve: a crook in the road. the act of crooking or bending.

  6. A crook is a long pole with a large hook at the end. A crook is carried by a bishop in religious ceremonies, or by a shepherd.

  7. Definition of crook noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. Define crook. crook synonyms, crook pronunciation, crook translation, English dictionary definition of crook. n. 1. An implement or tool, such as a bishop's crosier or a shepherd's staff, with a bent or curved part. 2. A part that is curved or bent like a hook. 3.

  9. crook. adjective. /krʊk/. /krʊk/. [not usually before noun] (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) Idioms. ill. I’m feeling a bit crook. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

  10. CROOK翻譯罪犯, 騙子;無賴;(尤指)詐騙犯, 彎曲, 棍子, (尤指牧羊人或主教用的)曲柄手杖, 不好的,壞的;有病的, 使(手指或手臂)彎曲。. 了解更多。.