The phrase "crook about" is not a complete sentence and does not make sense on its own.
It is possible that it is a misinterpretation or misspelling of the phrase "hook and crook," which means using any means necessary or by any method possible. Example: "I had to get that job by hook and crook, even if it meant exaggerating my qualifications."
But here is Angelmaker: a novel about complicated heredities; about the relationship between a famous father and a cerebral, conflicted son; about the mythic past of the heroic rogue and the tedious present of the white-collar crook; about trying to tell a new story in a way that hasn't been exhausted and worked over by previous generations.
The old guy with the glasses who concocted humorous columns for the Washington Post, published more than thirty books, including "I Am Not a Crook" (about you-know-who) and "While Reagan Slept," and spent his summers palling around Martha's Vineyard with William Styron.
Mustafa Suleyman, the Co-Founder & Head of Applied AI, which Google acquired in 2014, took the stage at our Disrupt London event today to talk to our Special Projects Editor Jordan Crook about his company, its relationship with Google, and the future of AI.
"While there are undoubtedly crooks about I think they are, in the main, sincere people". Which means that many mediums have convinced themselves they are summoning up figures from the afterlife, but have got it wrong.
Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas talks to the BBC's Garth Crooks about his career working at some of the biggest clubs in European football.
I was off, all right, understating the sum sprinkled on this crook by about $350,000 -- $100,000 from Riady and over a half-million from other hush-a-bye babies, not including Lindsey's "public support" to Mrs. Hubbell.
"If you're talking about Crooked Hillary, what about the crooked media?
Crooks just about recalls his dad playing for Cas, but denies that he remains in his shadow while Crooks Snr controls his career, Svengali-like from the wings.
HORRIBLE scenes of government-sponsored violence are unfolding across Zimbabwe, as President Robert Mugabe and his band of thugs and crooks set about terrorising the people into reversing their decision, plainly expressed at the ballot box at the end of March, to chuck the old tyrant out of power.
Once the crooks grabbed about $2,000 in cash, Jean-Baptiste kicked the older man a second time on their way out to their getaway car, a black Nissan Altima.
You want your elbows crooked at about a 90-degree angle rather than having your arms straight out.
