crook

n

1. hook, angle, dogleg, hairpin turn; curve, curvature, incurvature, incurvation, bow, arc, turn, twist, tortuosity; bend, bending, flexion, flexure, fold, inflection.

2.Informal. swindler, thief, embezzler, confidence man, U.S. Sl. con man, robber. See swindler(def.1).

v

3. bend, flex, bow, twist; curve, incurvate, turn, deflect; circle, coil, curl, spiral, loop; arch, vault, camber, inflect.

4. meander, worm, zigzag, wind, wind in and out, sinuate; hook, angle off, shoot off at an angle, bear off; swerve, veer, deviate, divagate, diverge, slue.