crooks 1 of 2

noun

Definition of crooksnext
plural of crook
1
as in criminals
a person who has committed a crime a guy at the bar was raving about how all politicians are basically crooks

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2
as in curves
something that curves or is curved carried the baby in the crook of her arm

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crooks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of crook
1
as in bends
to cause to turn away from a straight line crooked a finger

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2
as in trends
to turn away from a straight line or course the road suddenly crooked to the left

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  1. criminals
  2. offenders
  3. sweeps
  4. winds
Noun
  • City Police Car Toy Embark on high-speed chases and catch the criminals with this 94-piece Lego set, designed with a police officer minifigure in a cap, toy flashlight, and cop car.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Shows like The Shadow featured a main character who used fear as a weapon to scare criminals into confessing or giving up.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of criminals
Noun
  • Advertisement Nearly half of those surveyed, however, support rehabilitation and treatment for first-time offenders among other options as the best way to improve California’s criminal justice system.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Now, with the incumbent district attorney taking heat for progressive policies from his challenger in November’s election, the question of how to handle the most violent of juvenile offenders has become a key issue.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of offenders
Verb
  • When a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe, the human race is all but wiped out.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Brooklyn shakes off its jetlag and sweeps the mixed to get a big win over #2 SoCal.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of sweeps
Noun
  • Chances of rain are at 25% with 4 mph winds from the southwest.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Thursday marked the seventh day of search and rescue and eighth day since Helene crashed into the Big Bend of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
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