crook
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Types & categories
- principal hypernym
- accessary hyponym
- firebug hyponym
- blackmailer hyponym
- bootlegger hyponym
- briber hyponym
- conspirator hyponym
- desperado hyponym
- fugitive from justice hyponym
- gangster hyponym
- highbinder hyponym
- highjacker hyponym
- hood hyponym
- jail bird hyponym
- abductor hyponym
- mafioso hyponym
- moll hyponym
- liquidator hyponym
- parolee hyponym
- drug peddler hyponym
- racketeer hyponym
- raper hyponym
- recidivist hyponym
- scofflaw hyponym
- runner hyponym
- thief hyponym
- traitor hyponym
- violator hyponym
- Bonney instance hyponym
- Jesse James instance hyponym
- Rob Roy instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- outlaw derivation
- criminalize derivation
- outlawa derivation
- illegitimate derivation
Sense 2 verb
bend or cause to bend
He crooked his index finger
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a circular segment of a curve
a bend in the road
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a long staff with one end being hook shaped
Types & categories
- staff hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | outlaw |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | criminalize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | outlawa |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | illegitimate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | principal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accessary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | firebug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blackmailer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bootlegger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | briber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conspirator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | desperado |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fugitive from justice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gangster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | highbinder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | highjacker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jail bird |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abductor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mafioso |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | moll |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | liquidator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | parolee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drug peddler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | racketeer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | raper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recidivist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scofflaw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | runner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thief |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | traitor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | violator |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bonney |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Jesse James |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Rob Roy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | curvature |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recurve |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crook |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bend |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | curve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bight |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | staff |