Sentence examples for crook with from inspiring English sources
We say: A crook with a book habit – nice.
The roly-poly crook with shoulder-length scruffy hair had been an eye-witness to the stabbing.
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.
Rommy Gandolph, a small-time crook with mental problems, later confessed to "The Fourth of July Massacre," and was sentenced to death.
Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu -- by hook or crook, with sexy disguises, martial arts or whatever it takes -- have to save the country's witness protection program.
But he anchors this picaresque yarn with sheer charisma, playing Toplis as a troubled but twinkling anti-hero, a cold-eyed crook with a roguish charm.
She added: "The people behind this are crooks with no feelings who are just after other people's money.
With a month to go before Christmas, shoppers spin through Soho like plastic bags in a high wind, their arms crooked with hanging totes.
After hearing of the interview, the district attorney's office phoned in to serve Mr. Crooks with a subpoena over his refusal to release his original videotape.
Mr. Elder took particular joy in drawing grubby-looking crooks with no talent for crime, like Melvin Mole; parody ads; and caricatures of public and show-business figures.
The perception of police officers as crooks with badges has ignited violence in various places in Mexico in recent months, including a riot by hundreds of people in Tepito.
