Sentence examples for for a crook from inspiring English sources

"A creep fronting for a crook" was one British official's characterisation of him.Mr Khodorkovsky was worse.

"It was just like a little hat, and when the dog searches for a crook you see what the dog sees.

"Vote for a crook, not for a fascist" was their rallying cry: for the scandal-tarnished Mr Chirac, not the xenophobic Mr Le Pen.The challenge, therefore, is for Mr Chirac to make his victory real.

Having a simple ignition "kill switch" installed in a hidden location makes it more difficult for a crook to start a car or truck and drive it away.

The NICB also advises installing a simple ignition kill switch or fuel cutoff device in a hidden location to make it that much more difficult for a crook to start a car or truck and drive it away.

"He felt he was working for a crook," Steering said.

When he stayed at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the famously reclusive Howard Hughes would have roast beef sandwiches left for him in a crook of a tree, go on 2 a.m. treasure hunts for freshly baked pineapple upside-down cakes that were hidden on the grounds, and keep a phone booth inside his bungalow.

Mr Buhari is popular among northern Muslims, because he is one, and also because of his reputation for not being a crook.

But as of a week and a half ago — when the Austrian-born Mr. Trummer and two partners opened Apotheke (German for pharmacy) on a crook of Doyers Street — Mr. Trummer began sporting a new title: apotheker.

When once pressed for identification by a crook, Holmes Hi-Tech's Robert Holmes began slapping $100 bills on the counter, shouting: "There's my &%#!@&?@#! driver's license, insurance card and Social Security card!" The shaken counterfeiter brought out his best fake watches, which Holmes later seized.

So I was faced with a vote for an incompetent or a crook.