briber vs crook

briber and crook both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
briber	Yes	No	No	No
crook	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, crook is a hypernym of briber; that is, crook is a word with a broader meaning than briber:

briber: someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act
crook: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of briber include criminal, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

briber (noun)	crook (noun)
someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act	a long staff with one end being hook shaped
	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
	a circular segment of a curve

briber (verb)	crook (verb)
	bend or cause to bend