crook

Seemingly, all the children of the Valley are being shuttled by their parents toward Stanford, where they will matriculate by hook or by crook.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

And though the high gloss may be an act given Gaston’s actual vocation, Marshall plays the part as if the crook himself believes the masquerade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

"I think until the end of her days, she was convinced that I must have been a crook," he laughed.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

It was late, and the store was out of disposable bags, so I tucked some of the loot into my dance bag and cradled the rest in the crook of my arm.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

“I knew Daddy didn’t leave us,” I said, holding Dinah while she nestled in the crook of my arm.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

What do you know, states are finding more crooks now that they must look or lose money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

She said the sector had many decent businesses which were "undermined by far too many cowboys, crooks and con artists".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

In the final entry on her blog, posted barely half an hour before she was killed, Caruana Galizia wrote: "There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate".

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

“I mean, they need to be able to do that. But they just, you know, they need to pay more attention to the crooks than people trying to make an honest living.”

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

There are freshmen battling with shepherds’ crooks from the prop table, which—I’m not going to lie—look exactly like the old-timey hooks from Simon’s nightmares.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

“Today me, tomorrow you,” she’d said, wagging her crooked, arthritic finger in my face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Obviously such financial freedom was possible—but only if you were a guy who knew how the crooked game was played.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

A quick scroll through TikTok reveals numerous accounts, many of them created in the past few weeks, sharing photos and videos of an elusive black-and-white feline wearing the famous, towering, crooked red-and-white striped hat.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

In 2019, the IRS told Murrin she owed unpaid tax, penalties and interest for income-tax returns the crooked accountant filed from 1993 to 1999.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

The ones that remained sat, yellowed and crooked, in a too-large jaw supported by a scrawny neck.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Short as trees go, it has a hunkered-down look, its branches starting low to the ground and crooking and knotting as they rise.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2021

Bransfield summoned him out of classes, sometimes by knocking on the classroom door and beckoning him by crooking his finger, he told The Post.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2019

He was having an almost violently good time, it appeared, kissing women on the cheek, crooking his arm around his friends’ necks.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019

So police officers, crooking a single finger, have ordered scores of drivers to the curb for breaking the law and issued them a fine for $130.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2012

I say, crooking my head against the phone, which is still partially concealed by my hood, and pretending to listen to him.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle