Crooks meaning : A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. A bending of the knee; a genuflection. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything). A lock or curl of hair. A gibbet. A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut. A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds. A bishop's staff of office. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal. A pothook. A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. To bend, or form into a hook. To become bent or hooked. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.