crook

1. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

   She held the baby in the crook of her arm.

   изги́бizgíb

2. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.

3. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).

   the crook of a cane

4. A person who steals, lies, cheats, or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal; a scoundrel, scofflaw, lawbreaker, rogue, or miscreant.

   Gauner, Ganove

   ворvor, плутplut, моше́нникmošénnik

5. A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.

   Krücke, Krückstock, Hirtenstab

   по́сохpósox

   a long staff with one end being hook shaped

6. A bishop's standard staff of office.

7. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.

8. A pothook.

9. A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

10. (устаревшее)A lock or curl of hair.

11. (устаревшее)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.

1. I know Tom is a crook.

   Я знаю, что Том - жулик.

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2. I know that Tom is a crook.

   Я знаю, что Том - жулик.

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3. Tom isn't a crook.

   Том не жулик.

   deTom ist kein Gauner.

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4. Tom is a crook.

   Том жулик.

   ukТом — аферист.

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5. I'm not a crook.

   Я не вор.

   deIch bin kein Schlitzohr.

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