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Meaning of crook

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  crook
      n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally
           convicted of a crime [syn: {criminal}, {felon}, {crook},
           {outlaw}, {malefactor}]
      2: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook
         in the path" [syn: {bend}, {crook}, {twist}, {turn}]
      3: a long staff with one end being hook shaped [syn: {crook},
         {shepherd's crook}]
      v 1: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the
           road curved sharply" [syn: {crook}, {curve}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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