Antonyms 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, turn, curve, curvature, deflection, crosier, pothook, artifice, trick, subterfuge, ruse

2. crookverb

   Synonyms:
   bend, curve, incurvate

How to use crook in a sentence?

1. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

2. Professor Irwin Corey:

   I don't believe Spiro Agnew is a crook. If he was a crook, he'd still be in office.

3. 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

4. Lakshheish M Patel:

   #StockstoBuy is trending on twitter today . The people behind is an agency paid by crook brokers fraternity. Don't buy anything. Keep selling

5. Buckminster Fuller:

   Better a crook you know than one you don't.

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