crook (
http://definr.com/crook)
n 1: someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a
crime [syn:
criminal,
felon,
outlaw,
malefactor]
2: a circular segment of a curve: "a bend in the road"; "a
crook in the path" [syn:
bend,
turn]
3: a long staff with one end being hook shaped [syn: {shepherd's
crook}]
v : bend or cause to bend [syn:
curve]