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'''Crook''' can refer to the following:
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* '''Crooking''' is a [[verb]] to refer to the [[Action (philosophy)|action]] of creating a bend or curve; for example, crooking a [[finger]]. Hence a '''crook''' may be anything that is crooked.
** Specifically, a crook is a [[tool]] with a crook in it, such as a [[shepherd]]'s [[Staff (stick)|staff]], [[prelate]]'s [[crosier]], or used in securing a layed [[Devon hedge]]; see also [[flail and crook]].
** In music, a '''crook''' is a length of tubing used to change the pitch of a natural brass instrument. Musicians who play the [[natural horn|natural (French) horn]] or [[natural trumpet]] (the predecessors to the modern [[horn (instrument)|(French) horn]] and [[trumpet]]) insert crooks into the instrument to change its length and, hence, its pitch. A crook is also the term for a bent or curved pipe that connects the [[reed (music)|reed]] to the instrument body on some [[double reed]] instruments; in American usage this is generally called a [[bocal]].
* '''Crook''', a slang term for a [[Crime|criminal]] or a person of questionable morality. Specifically it refers to someone who is corrupt and uses dishonest or unethical tactics to gain [[money]]. The adjective '''crooked''' can refer to such persons or actions. This version of the term may also be archaically used as a verb in reference to becoming a criminal or causing another to become a criminal.
*[[Bible|Biblically]], "crooked" meant "twisted", "corrupt", or "not straight".
*'''Crooked Music''' ([[Schräge Musik]]) was a very effective firing system developed by the Germans in World War II which allowed their fighter aircraft to shoot down Allied bombers.
* In [[Australian slang]], '''crook''' ([[adjective]]) means unwell (amongst other meanings).
==Places==
* [[Crook, County Durham]], England
* [[Crook, Cumbria]], England
* [[Crook, Devon]], England
* [[Crook, Crook of Devon]], Scotland
* [[Crook, Colorado]], United States
* [[Crook County, Oregon]], United States
==Persons==
* [[Ann Marie Crooks]], a female bodybuilder and professional wrestler
* [[George Crook]], an American general
* [[Mackenzie Crook]], a British actor
* [[William Crookes]], English chemist
==Things==
* Crook can refer to the [[crozier]] carried by a bishop or abbot
* [[Shepherd]]'s [[staff]]
* [[Crooked grind]], a skateboarding trick.
* [[Crook frame]], a form of timber frame
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