crook
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The ingredients are common sense, not being a crook and having a great client.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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
He climbed up into the crook of it, and then he stood there and looked down at me.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
"Those were all written for a TV show, for something that was not for me, so Fantasize comes out, crazy, was stolen... These pirates, crooks, illegal!"
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
At night, Frank haunts a louche cafe that caters to petty crooks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Vigilante uses Japanese musical instrument to deter crooks.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
The innocent-faced O’Connor excels at crooks and suckers and fittingly, his Jud describes himself as “young, dumb and full of Christ.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
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
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
Fisk’s flamboyance and Gould’s bribes made the Erie’s watered stock seem obviously crooked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"They're crooked," he continued, "just like you're crooked."
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Many are believed to be eager to become “snitches” against former accomplices, including crooked politicians and cops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
It being crooked was kind of making me itch.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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
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
A trio of elderly gentlemen, seated outside at a cafe, urge us on, crooking thumbs in the uphill direction.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 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
He flipped his notebook shut and, crooking his finger at me, motioned me to follow him to the door.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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