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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crook \Crook\ (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooked} (kr??kt); p. pr & vb n. {Crooking}.] [OE. croken; cf Sw kr?ka, Dan. kr?ge. See Crook, n.] 1. To turn from a straight line to bend; to curve. Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. --Shak. 2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. [Archaic] There is no one thing that crooks youth more than such unlawfull games. --Ascham. What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends --Bacon.
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