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crooks

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for crooks.

Editorial note

We chased out the crooks who used to try to mug people in our elevator and kick open doors.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of crooks gathered in one view.

noun

A city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States.

noun

A township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for crooks.

noun

A city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States.

noun

A township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States.

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

1

We chased out the crooks who used to try to mug people in our elevator and kick open doors.

2

Civil forfeiture really should have made the case that law enforcement is nothing but crooks and scoundrels.

3

Maybe it's a signal to change jobs, or launch a startup, where folks aren't petty crooks?

4

And in my opinion this is how communism looks in the real world: crooks take over and you get a totalitarian regime.

5

Yeah, people who think they are completely annon on Bitcoin should think again..dumb crooks!

6

To me, these guys sound like crooks, because they make a lot of claims, and they are nowhere near delivering on those promises.

7

The crooks who want to break the law will find a way.

8

So they instituted financial reporting requirements for banks, to help identify crooks.

9

Corporations are much more to become total crooks - spending the last bailout money to hire lobbyists to bribe you to give them more.

10

Yes, we'd very much like to keep you around, hopefully not with crooks as leaders (and only you alone can manage that).

11

The cops finally agreed to wear body cams, but insist that the crooks wear them too and the politicians while we’re at it.

12

They are sometimes used by crooks to do nasty stuff, such as try (and sometimes succeeding) to open companies in your name, bank accounts and the like.

Quote examples

1

Only pursuing large-scale financial crime because "opportunity cost" just tells the crooks to play disposable, small-scale games.

2

This is much fairer than the British approach to tax-dodging which appears to be "ignore it and maybe the crooks will donate to our political party".

3

No false dichotomy, I didn't suggest that it's either crooks or those who "can't discern the difference between punishment of speech and punishment for consequences of speech".

4

Some products are real magnets for stolen card use, for example anything that sells "gift cards" or "stored value card" where the crooks can convert a one time use of a stolen credit card into a 'clean' gift card.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use crooks in a sentence?

We chased out the crooks who used to try to mug people in our elevator and kick open doors.

What does crooks mean?

A city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States.

What part of speech is crooks?

crooks is commonly used as noun.