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 Crook v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooked p. pr. & vb. n. Crooking.]
 1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
    Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee.   --Shak.
 2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. [Archaic]
    There is no one thing that crooks youth more than such unlawfull games.   --Ascham.
    What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends.   --Bacon.