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crook

1. crook \'kru.k\ n [ME crok, fr. ON kro-kr hook; akin to OE cradol cradle] 
   1: an implement having a bent or hooked form : as  1a: POTHOOK  1b1: a 
   shepard's staff  1b2: CROSIER  2: a person given to fraudulent practices : 
   THIEF  3: BEND, CURVE  4: a portion of something that is hook-shaped, 
   curved, or bent 
2. crook vt 1: BEND  slang  2a: CHEAT  2b: STEAL  : CURVE, WIND