crook
noun
uk/krʊk/us/krʊk/crooknoun(CRIMINAL)
[C]informal
a verydishonestperson,especiallyacriminalor acheat:
骗子；无赖；（尤指）诈骗犯Thesepoliticiansare just abunchof crooks.这些政客不过是一帮骗子。
Synonyms
criminal
culprit
evildoer
felonspecialized
theguiltyparty
malefactorformal
offender
outlaw
perpetrator
villainUKinformal
wrongdoerformal
a dishonest person
- cheatShe's a liar and a cheat!
- cheaterUSI wouldn't play a game with him - he's a cheater.
- crookMy dad says that used car salesmen are just a bunch of crooks.
- cowboyUKThe private security firm are just a bunch of cowboys looking to rough up anyone who crosses their path.
- fraudHe claims to be a doctor, but he's just a fraud without a medical licence.
- sharkThe landlord was a real shark, jacking up rents without relief.
Criminals - general words
- abettor
- accessory
- accomplice
- anti-gang
- be in the frame (forsomething)idiom
- delinquent
- gangbanger
- gangland
- juvenile delinquent
- lawbreaker
- lowlife
- perp
- perpetrator
- previous
- probationer
- recidivist
- violator
- wanted
- white-collar criminal
- wrongdoer
crooknoun(BEND)
the crook ofyourarm
the insidepartofyourarmwhere itbends:
臂弯Shesatback in thearmchairandsettledthebabyin the crook of herarm.
crooknoun(STICK)
[C]
alongstickwith acurvedend,especiallyonecarriedby ashepherdor abishop
（尤指牧羊人或主教用的）曲柄手杖
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Poles, rods, shafts and sticks
- bar
- bargepole
- baton
- billy club
- boathook
- bollard
- cane
- lathi-charge
- lightning conductor
- litter grabber
- litter pick
- litter picker
- pointer
- shaft
- stake
- telegraph pole
- telephone pole
- tent pole
- totem pole
- trash grabber
crook
adjective
Australian Englishinformaluk/krʊk/us/krʊk/badorill:
不好的，坏的；有病的I'm abitcrook at themoment.我目前身体不太好。
Not fit & healthy
- be at death's dooridiom
- bed
- clinically obese
- complain ofsomething
- critical list
- deconditioned
- gaunt
- hollow
- hollow-eyed
- rough
- sick
- sickly
- unhealthily
- unwell
- unwholesomeness
- wabbit
- wan
- wanly
- worn
- wretched
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Informal words for bad
crook
verb[T]
old-fashioneduk/krʊk/us/krʊk/tobendyourarmorfinger:
使（手指或手臂）弯曲Shedelicatelycrooked her littlefingeras shepickedup hercup.她端茶杯时优雅地翘起小指。
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curveverb
Bending, twisting and curving
- ball up
- bendy
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- describe
- entwine
- flex
- flexion
- flexure
- fluted
- matted
- meander
- sinuous
- torsion
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- true
- twiddly
- wring