Crook is another name for

criminal In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Can ...

. Crook or Crooks may also refer to:

Places

Crook, County Durham Crook is a market town in the County Durham (district), district and County Durham, ceremonial county of County Durham, Northern England. The town is located on the edge of Weardale, therefore is sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to Wearda ...

, England, a town *

Crook, Cumbria Crook is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria, located on the B5284 road between Kendal and Windermere. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 340, increasing at the 2011 census ...

, England, village and civil parish * Crook Hill, Derbyshire, England *

Crook, Colorado The Town of Crook is a Statutory Town in Logan County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 133 at the 2020 United States Census. Crook is a part of the Sterling, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Toponymy The town was named for Ge ...

, United States, a Statutory Town *

Crook Township, Hamilton County, Illinois Crook Township is one of twelve Civil township, townships in Hamilton County, Illinois, Hamilton County, Illinois, United States, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 312 and it contained 182 housing units. Geography According to the 20 ...

, United States *

Crooks Township, Renville County, Minnesota Crooks Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 191 at the 2010 census. Crooks Township was organized in 1884, and named for H. S. Crooks, a pioneer settler. Geography According to the United States ...

, United States * Crook, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

Crook County, Oregon Crook County is one of the List of counties in Oregon, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 24,738. The county seat is Prineville, Oregon, Prineville. The county Oregon Ge ...

, United States *

Crook County, Wyoming Crook County is a county in the northeastern section of the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 7,181, making it the third-least populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Sundance. History Croo ...

, United States * Crook City, South Dakota, United States, a populated place also known as Crook *

Crooks, South Dakota Crooks is a city in Minnehaha County Minnehaha County is a county on the eastern border of the state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 197,214, making it the state's most populous county. It contains over 20% of the ...

, United States, a city *

Crook National Forest Crook National Forest was established in Arizona by the U.S. Forest Service on July 1, 1908, with from portions of Tonto National Forest, Mount Graham National Forest, and other lands. On July 1, 1953, Crook was divided among Tonto, Gila, and Co ...

, Arizona, United States, divided into three other national forests in 1953 *

Crook Glacier Crook Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The glacier is situated in the Cascade Range at an elevation between , nestled within a cirque to the immediate south of Broken Top, an extinct stratovolcano. References See also

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, Oregon, United States *

Crooks Mound Crooks Mound (french: Monticule d'Escrocs) ( 16 LA 3) is a large Marksville culture archaeological site located in La Salle Parish in south central Louisiana. It is a large, conical burial mound that was part of at least six episodes of burials. It ...

, an archaeological site in Louisiana, United States *

Crooks Inlet Kangiqturjuaq ( Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᑲᖏᖅᑐᕐᔪᐊᖅ'') formerly Crooks Inlet is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in western Hudson Strait Hudson Strait (french: Détroit d'Hudson) links the Atlantic Ocea ...

, Nunavut, Canada * Fort Crook (disambiguation)

Surnames

Crook (surname) Crook is an Old Norse surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. R. Crook (1864–1930), American geologist * Al Crook (''Alfred John Crook''; 1897–1958), American football player * Alan Crook (1897–1965), Australian electrical engi ...

* Crooks (surname)

Films

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The Crook ''Le Voyou'', also known as ''The Crook'', is a highly stylized French action film which follows Simon the Swiss during his largest heist. Directed by Claude Lelouch in 1970, and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, the movie makes use of several ci ...

'', English title of ''Le voyou'', a 1971 French movie * ''Crook'' (film), a 2010 Hindi thriller film * ''

C(r)ook C, or c, is the third letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''cee'' (pronounced ), plural ''cees''. History "C" ...

'', a 2004 Austrian film

Other uses

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bocal A bocal is a curved, tapered tube, which is an integral part of certain woodwind instruments, including double reed instruments such as the bassoon, contrabassoon, English horn, and oboe d'amore, as well as the larger recorders. In the double ree ...

, the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument *

Crook (music) A crook, also sometimes called a shank, is an exchangeable segment of tubing in a natural horn (or other brass instrument, such as a natural trumpet) which is used to change the length of the pipe, altering the fundamental pitch and harmonic seri ...

, exchangeable section of a brass instrument * Crook, the

crozier A crosier or crozier (also known as a paterissa, pastoral staff, or bishop's staff) is a stylized staff that is a symbol of the governing office of a bishop or abbot and is carried by high-ranking prelates of Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholi ...

carried by a bishop or abbot *

Shepherd's crook A shepherd's crook is a long and sturdy stick with a hook at one end, often with the point flared outwards, used by a shepherd to manage and sometimes catch sheep. In addition, the crook may aid in defending against attack by predators. Whe ...

* An angled stem used in securing a laid

Devon hedge A Devon hedge, also known as a Devon hedgebank, consist of a rubble or earth bank that is usually topped with bushy shrubs forming a hedgerow, with trees also being a frequent and noticeable feature.Devon's Hedges (1997), p.1. The bank may be fac ...

Baron Crook Baron Crook, of Carshalton in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 July 1947 for Reginald Crook, later Chairman of the National Dock Labour Board. the title is held by his grandson, the thir ...

, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom *

Crook Hall Crook Hall, sited near Lanchester, County Durham, some north west of the city of Durham, was one of two Roman Catholic seminaries which temporarily replaced the Douai seminary in Douai, France when that college was suppressed soon after the Frenc ...

, a former Roman Catholic seminary near Consett, County Durham *

Crook Inn The Crook Inn is an inn in the Scottish Borders, near the village of Tweedsmuir on the A701 road between Broughton and Moffat. It is one of many claimants to be the oldest inn in Scotland. It was licensed in 1604. Robert Burns wrote "Willie Was ...

, an inn in the Scottish Borders *

Crooks Covered Bridge The Crooks Covered Bridge is a single span Burr Arch Truss structure that crosses Little Raccoon Creek built in 1855-1856 by Henry Wolf just southeast of Rockville, Indiana. History The exact history of this bridge has become hazy with the passin ...

, southeast of Rockville, Indiana, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places *

Crook Hall, Durham Crook Hall is a Grade I listed house built in the 13th or 14th to 18th centuries, located in the Framwelgate area of the City of Durham. The oldest part is an open hall house dating from the 13th or 14th century, built in sandstone with a We ...

, a grade I listed house in Framwelgate, Durham