Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crook \Crook\ (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooked} (kr??kt);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Crooking}.] [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr?ka, Dan.
   kr?ge. See Crook, n.]
   1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

            Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. --Shak.

   2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to
      misapply; to twist. [Archaic]

            There is no one thing that crooks youth more than
            such unlawfull games.                 --Ascham.

            What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he
            crooketh them to his own ends.        --Bacon.