Sentence examples for a small crook from inspiring English sources

Arendt quotes Brecht's explanation: " 'If the ruling classes,' says he, 'permit a small crook to become a great crook, he is not entitled to a privileged position in our view of history.' " In effect, Brecht was blaming the capitalist system for Hitler; he diminishes Hitler and, for that matter, the passions of Nazism in order to derive them as a function of class relations.

Arendt quotes Brecht's explanation: " 'If the ruling classes,' says he, 'permit a small crook to become a great crook, he is not entitled to a privileged position in our view of history.' " In effect, Brecht was blaming the capitalist system for Hitler; he diminishes Hitler and, for that matter, the passions of Nazism in order to derive them as a function of class relations.

By Loa Magnusdottir JBARA, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 26 May 2009 – Nestled in a small crook of land, surrounded by the barrier between the West Bank and Israel, sits the community of Jbara, home to nearly 300 people.

Delivering maternal and child health services in hard-to-reach West Bank communities JBARA, 26 May 2009 – Nestled in a small crook of land, surrounded by the barrier between the West Bank and Israel, sits the community of Jbara, home to nearly 300 people.

The seat height is critical: you should be able to reach the bottom pedal, with just a small crook in your knee.

On one side of the divide stands a reasonably happy family, while on the other a Dublin gangland boss surveys his domain, only for the equilibrium to be blown apart when Frankie Crowe, a small change crook, decides he wants a bigger slice of the cake.

told me, "I thought he was just a small-time crook".

The Joker, initially portrayed as a small-time crook, was disfigured and driven insane by an accident with toxic chemicals.

Gerard Depardieu stars as a small-time crook called in to fix the plumbing of a professional dominatrix (Bulle Ogier).

The relentlessness and pettiness described here kept Mr. Walker's mother a small-time crook, despite her phenomenal energy.

Mostly he is asked about the distance between the comic roles he's known for and playing Bernie Rose, a small-time crook with a big penchant for violence.