CROOK
Definition:
- [noun] someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
Synonyms: criminal, felon, outlaw, malefactor
- [noun] a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
Synonyms: bend, turn
- [noun] a long staff with one end being hook shaped
Synonyms: shepherd's
- [verb] bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
Synonyms: curve
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Related Words:
- recurve
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accessory, accessary
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arsonist, incendiary, firebug
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blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist
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bootlegger, moonshiner
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briber, suborner
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conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator
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desperado, desperate criminal
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fugitive, fugitive from justice
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gangster, mobster
- highbinder
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highjacker, hijacker
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hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer
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kidnapper, abductor, snatcher
- mafioso
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moll, gun moll, gangster's moll
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murderer, liquidator, manslayer
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probationer, parolee
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pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker
- racketeer
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raper, rapist
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recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal
- scofflaw
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smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser
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thief, stealer
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traitor, treasonist
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violator, lawbreaker, law offender
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Bonney, William H. Bonney, Billie the Kid
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James, Jesse James
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MacGregor, Robert MacGregor, Rob Roy
- bight
