Engelsk substantiv: crook |
| 1. | crook (om person) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | criminal, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | principal |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | abductor, accessary, accessory, arsonist, blackmailer, bootlegger, briber, coconspirator, conspirator, contrabandist, desperado, desperate criminal, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, extortioner, extortionist, firebug, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, gangster's moll, gaolbird, goon, gun moll, habitual criminal, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, hood, hoodlum, incendiary, jail bird, jailbird, kidnaper, kidnapper, law offender, lawbreaker, liquidator, machinator, mafioso, manslayer, mobster, moll, moon curser, moon-curser, moonshiner, murderer, parolee, peddler, plotter, probationer, punk, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, recidivist, repeater, runner, scofflaw, smuggler, snatcher, stealer, strong-armer, suborner, thief, thug, tough, toughie, traitor, treasonist, violator |
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| Eksempler på mere spesifikke uttrykk | Billie the Kid, Bonney, James, Jesse James, MacGregor, Rob Roy, Robert MacGregor, William H. Bonney |
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| 2. | crook (om form) a circular segment of a curve |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A bend in the road.
A crook in the path.
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | bend, turn, twist |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | curve, curved shape |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | bight |
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| 3. | crook (om gjenstand) a long staff with one end being hook shaped |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | shepherd's crook |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | staff |
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