crook
noun
a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
have crooked
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present perfectof crook.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Nez, for example, doesn’t have crooked teeth and wears glasses, unlike the actual suspect, his attorneys said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 2, 2020
Other states have crooked politicians, but it’s been ahead of the curve in turning public corruption into baroque spectacle.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2011
I have crooked toes from wearing boots that didn't fit me because that's all I could afford as a kid.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2010
You could never begin to operate if you didn't have crooked bankers, crooked C.P.A.s, crooked brokers.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have heads of human form, with horns and brutish ears; they have crooked hands, rough hairy bodies, goats' legs and feet and tails.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James Grant
