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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 Ca ...

. Crook or Crooks may also refer to:

Places

* Crook, County Durham, England, a town * Crook, Cumbria, England, village and civil parish *

Crook Hill Crook Hill is a small hill in the Peak District National Park in the English county of Derbyshire, northeast of Castleton. Overview The hill is situated above the A57 Snake Pass road between Sheffield and Manchester as it passes Ladybower ...

, Derbyshire, England * Crook, Colorado, United States, a Statutory Town * Crook Township, Hamilton County, Illinois, United States * Crooks Township, Renville County, Minnesota, United States *

Crook, Missouri Crook is an unincorporated community in Osage County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by ar ...

, an unincorporated community *

Crook County, Oregon Crook County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,738. The county seat is Prineville. The county is named after George Crook, a U.S. Army officer who served in the American Civ ...

, United States * Crook County, Wyoming, United States *

Crook City, South Dakota Crook City (also known as Camp Crook II or simply Crook) is a populated place in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 132 at the 2020 census. It became a census-designated place prior to the 2020 census. Crook City was ...

, United States, a populated place also known as Crook * Crooks, South Dakota, United States, a city * Crook National Forest, 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, an archaeological site in Louisiana, United States * Crooks Inlet, Nunavut, Canada *

Fort Crook (disambiguation) Fort Crook may refer to two U.S. military posts, both named after Gen. George Crook: *Fort Crook (California) (1857-1869), near Fall River Mills, California *Fort Crook, Nebraska Crook is another name for criminal. Crook or Crooks may also refer ...

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 engine ...

Crooks (surname) Crooks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Crooks (activist) (1824–1874), Weslyan Methodist * Adam Crooks (politician) (1827–1885), Canadian politician * Ann Marie Crooks, female bodybuilder and professional wrestler ...

Films

* '' The Crook'', 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 ...

, 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 se ...

, 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 Cathol ...

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. Wh ...

* 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 f ...

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 thi ...

, 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, an inn in the Scottish Borders * Crooks Covered Bridge, 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 Wel ...

, a grade I listed house in Framwelgate, Durham