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Noun
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A person who is dishonest or a criminal
criminal
villain
rogue
lawbreaker
miscreant
fraudster
wrongdoer
cheat
offender
malefactor
shark
delinquent
outlaw
scoundrel
sinner
culprit
felon
racketeer
knave
convict
gaolbirdUK
jailbirdUS
baddy
con
shyster
gangster
transgressor
hustler
grifter
chiseller
malfeasant
conman
crim
misfeasor
gunman
terrorist
lag
yakuza
infractor
yardbird
skelm
lifer
trusty
lighty
transport
con artist
black hat
confidence trickster
juvenile delinquent
young offender
armed robber
old lag
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“A small-time crook threatens to blow up a New York landmark unless his demands for money are met.”
Noun
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A person or criminal who robs or steals
thief
robber
bandit
mugger
housebreaker
burglar
pilferer
swindler
shoplifter
purloiner
defalcator
cracksman
yegg
tief
filcher
peculator
tea leaf
criminal
plunderer
highwayman
prowler
pirate
hijacker
cat burglar
stealer
larcenist
cheat
raider
kleptomaniac
owl
more ❯
“Two cowpokes aid a young girl whose cattle are being stolen by a crook.”
Noun
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A bend, curve or hook in something
bend
curve
arc
turn
angle
bow
curvature
arch
wind
inflexionUK
inflectionUS
flexure
kink
fork
elbow
intersection
twist
corner
round
turning
curvation
loop
hook
curving
crescent
sweep
hairpin
half-moon
dog-leg
hairpin bend
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“When I was walking one day, I came to a crook in the road, and I stood there wondering which way to go.”
Noun
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A staff with a semi-circular bend at one end, typically used by shepherds
staff
rod
stick
crosier
club
baton
cudgel
truncheon
cane
bludgeon
bat
shillelagh
pole
nightstick
birch
billy
bastinado
waddy
bastinade
rung
shillalah
sap
sceptreUK
scepterUS
billy club
switch
spike
cosh
wand
stave
more ❯
“I fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thy staff and thy crook are my comfort.”
Noun
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A dishonest or unprincipled person
rogue
scoundrel
villain
rascal
reprobate
wretch
miscreant
knave
beast
baddy
hound
monster
devil
evildoer
scumbag
brute
rapscallion
swindler
fraudster
scamp
trickster
savage
fiend
varlet
charlatan
cheat
rat
meany
fraud
baddie
meanie
dog
heavy
scallywag
dastard
louse
caitiff
scalawag
scapegrace
nazi
cad
criminal
heel
blackguard
rotter
bounder
lowlife
cheater
deceiver
vagabond
grifter
mountebank
blighter
cur
scrote
defrauder
hooligan
outlaw
sharper
spalpeen
wastrel
rorter
skelm
slicker
monstrosity
picaro
picaroon
no-good
bad egg
con man
con artist
black sheep
nasty piece of work
bad news
wrong 'un
problem child
more ❯
Noun
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A person who swindles or defrauds others by means of gaining their trust deceitfully
con artist
swindler
cheater
flimflammer
mountebank
shark
conman
hustler
deceiver
scammer
bilker
fraud
fleecer
bunco
sneak
sharpie
barracuda
hoser
smoothie
con man
confidence trickster
scam artist
smooth operator
clip artist
trickster
fake
charlatan
impostor
cheat
pretender
more ❯
Noun
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One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand
pickpocket
thief
robber
cutpurse
pickpurse
dipper
finger
reefer
bag-snatcher
purse-snatcher
sneak thief
pocket-picker
purse-picker
petty thief
bag snatcher
pocket picker
purse snatcher
wallet lifter
mugger
burglar
shoplifter
bandit
swindler
plunderer
highwayman
pirate
housebreaker
pilferer
stealer
cheat
more ❯
Noun
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A long, rigid stick used as support or as a walking aid
staff
stick
cane
crutch
shillelagh
ashplant
waddy
walking aid
walking stick
alpenstock
thumb stick
blackthorn
rattan
malacca
handstaff
Noun
▲
Bootlegger
smuggler
dealer
pirate
Verb
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To deviate, or cause to deviate, from a straight line
curve
bend
arch
bow
hook
arc
swerve
curl
wheel
round
sweep
trend
wind
angle
snake
meander
zigzag
fork
notch
slither
fall off
turn
loop
twist
coil
swing
veer
spiral
hunch
hump
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“I would change my course whenever I saw the road crook. If I thought it crooked too much, I would cut across.”
Verb
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To bend at an angle
bend
angle
flex
kink
curve
arch
buckle
hook
twist
contort
deform
distort
warp
bow
make crooked
make curved
ply
double up
misshape
malform
screw
torture
gnarl
wrinkle
disfigure
become distorted
become curved
brutalizeUS
become deformed
wind
more ❯
“Rather than lead him home like a child, she made him crook his arm and she slipped her hand into it.”
Adjective
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Feeling sickly or unwell
ropy
ill
unwell
sick
queasy
poorly
nauseous
indisposed
peaky
bad
rough
nauseated
crummy
liverish
lousy
grotty
wabbit
seedy
funny
peculiar
ailing
sickly
queer
weak
infirm
diseased
bedridden
feeble
frail
infected
afflicted
groggy
invalided
valetudinarian
iffy
off colour
below par
under the weather
not oneself
out of sorts
not well
not up to par
under par
not very well
not in good shape
green about the gills
not up to snuff
in a bad way
laid up
on the sick list
like death warmed up
more ❯
Adjective
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Extremely angry, full of rage
furious
angry
enraged
incensed
irate
mad
infuriated
livid
fuming
indignant
wrathful
riled
outraged
angered
ireful
rabid
choleric
apoplectic
rankled
ballistic
sore
inflamed
ticked
shirty
roiled
foaming
enflamed
hot
cross
frenzied
steaming
infuriate
wild
riley
wroth
hopping
raging
frantic
seething
incandescent
raving
upset
boiling
maddened
tooshie
choked
crazed
ropeable
ranting
aerated
snaky
insane
demented
steamed
soreheaded
desperate
vex
irrational
hacked
corybantic
maniac
bent
unreasonable
smoking
steamed up
teed off
cheesed off
hopping mad
horn-mad
hot under the collar
beside oneself
bent out of shape
up in arms
in a temper
very angry
fit to be tied
foaming at the mouth
on the warpath
in high dudgeon
in a frenzy
more ❯
Adjective
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Physically harmed or damaged, especially of a limb
injured
damaged
mangled
wounded
bruised
hurt
sore
fractured
maimed
mutilated
broken
disabled
battered
cut
weakened
harmed
gammy
incapacitated
crushed
scarred
deformed
knackered
shattered
smashed
game
on the sick list
aching
discolouredUK
bad
black-and-blue
more ❯
Adjective
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Defective in some way
wrong
bad
appalling
awful
contemptible
cruddy
deficient
deplorable
detestable
dirty
faulty
grotty
grubby
harmful
hateful
loathsome
nasty
off colour
off-colorUS
off-colourUK
out of sorts
pitiable
pitiful
poorly
rotten
rough
rubbish
sick
terrible
vile
dissatisfactory
inferior
lousy
poor
subpar
substandard
unacceptable
off
suboptimal
unsatisfactory
wretched
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being mentally unstable
berserk
mad
crazy
frenzied
wild
hysterical
crazed
maniacal
raving
deranged
insane
demented
rabid
manic
mental
uncontrollable
nuts
berko
frantic
hyper
nutty
ape
amok
bananas
bonkers
barmy
bats
batty
spare
barro
crackers
porangi
postal
beside oneself
out of control
off the deep end
on the rampage
through the roof
up the wall
off the air
around the bend
off your rocker
out to lunch
out of one's mind
off your head
more ❯
Adjective
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Physically disabled, typically unable to walk properly
lame
crippled
disabled
handicapped
incapacitated
debilitated
deformed
game
infirm
maimed
gammy
halt
hobbling
limping
mutilated
bruised
defective
gimp
gimpy
pained
sidelined
sore
stiff
physically challenged
injured
paralysedUK
paralyzedUS
hurt
weakened
wounded
more ❯
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