Synonyms for crook
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1. crook

   In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.

   Synonyms:
   bend, bias, bow, curve, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, influence, mold, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield

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1. criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactornoun

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

   Synonyms:
   whitlow, twist, shepherd's crook, malefactor, bend, turn, felon, criminal, outlaw

2. bend, crook, twist, turnnoun

   a circular segment of a curve

   "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"

   Synonyms:
   spin, felon, bend, routine, tour, outlaw, wind, bend dexter, turning, twist, crease, round, malefactor, whirl, bending, kink, braid, bit, flexure, crimp, turn of events, act, wrench, criminal, tress, pull, winding, plait, play, go, shepherd's crook, curve, number, construction, spell, good turn, fold, twirl, device, bout, plication, gimmick, turn, twisting, eddy

3. crook, shepherd's crookverb

   a long staff with one end being hook shaped

   Synonyms:
   outlaw, twist, shepherd's crook, malefactor, bend, felon, criminal, turn

4. crook, curveverb

   bend or cause to bend

   "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"

   Synonyms:
   trend, twist, sheer, kink, slue, arc, wind, veer, cut, slew, curl, arch, swerve, curve

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1. crooknoun

   Synonyms:
   bend, flexure, curvature, turn

2. crookverb

   Synonyms:
   bend, curve, incurvate, bow, inflect, make crooked

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1. crooknoun

   Synonyms:
   bend, turn, curve, curvature, deflection, crosier, pothook, artifice, trick, subterfuge, ruse

2. crookverb

   Synonyms:
   bend, curve, incurvate

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1. List of paraphrases for "crook":

   swindler, thief, hustler, faker, bandit, fraudster, phoney, mobster, cheat, scoundrel, lacrosse, hoodlum, cheater, gangster

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How to use crook in a sentence?

1. Lakshheish M Patel:

   SBI Securities is a crook that can lock the functional keys of its trading platform for that traders who could make money through stock market by buying the shares at lowest price

2. Robyn Gershon:

   It's in many ways the lifeblood of New York City. You should recognize there are some risks, but those risks can be minimized. i notice a lot of people holding on the rails using their arms that are covered instead of their hands — like in the crook of the arm.

3. Lakshheish M Patel:

   General belief amongst all traders especially new ones is that stock market only falls and the way to make some money is to start the session everyday with short selling. But they also believe that all profits are snatched by crook brokerage houses by squandering their accounts

4. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Stock brokers are crook community who wants to loot traders money. Write it down in your mind and don't forget it ever

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Keeping SBI Securities as brokerage firm but have almost stopped investing in share market after realizing that brokerage firm cheats traders and all brokers are equally corrupt and crook who take small brokerage from traders and big commission from companies for helping organizations to loot money of investors and traders. Since am unemployed so seeing stock market operation for time pass purpose only and updating own observation to protect people