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Word: crook

crook
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  • noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    Synonyms

    criminal, felon, malefactor, outlaw

  • noun a circular segment of a curve
    Synonyms

    bend, turn, twist

    Examples
    • a bend in the road
    • a crook in the path
  • noun a long staff with one end being hook shaped
    Synonyms

    shepherd's crook

  • verb bend or cause to bend
    Synonyms

    curve

    Examples
    • He crooked his index finger
    • the road curved sharply
Definitions are taken from Princeton’s WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2010

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