Crook

1. A pothook.
2. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
3. A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
4. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.
5. Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
6. To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
7. A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
8. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
9. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
10. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.
11. The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.