crook

Noun

• a long staff with one end being hook shaped

• a circular segment of a curve
  • a bend in the road
    
  • a crook in the path
    

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Verb

• bend or cause to bend
  • He crooked his index finger
    
  • the road curved sharply
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  shepherd's crook , bend , twist , turn , criminal , felon , outlaw , malefactor , curve