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What does crook mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word crook? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
  2. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
  3. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
  4. (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
  5. (obsolete) A gibbet.
  6. (obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
  7. A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
  8. A bishop's staff of office.
  9. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
  10. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
  11. A pothook.
  12. (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To bend.
  2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
Adjective
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ill, sick.
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.
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