crook vs accessary

accessary vs crook

crook and accessary both are nouns.

crook is not an adjective while accessary is an adjective.

crook is a verb but accessary is not a verb.

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

As nouns, accessary is a hyponym of crook; that is, accessary is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crook:

crook: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
accessary: someone who helps another person commit a crime

Other hyponyms of crook include accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie, gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird, abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher, mafioso, gangster's moll, gun moll, moll, liquidator, manslayer, murderer, parolee, probationer, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

crook (noun)	accessary (noun)
a long staff with one end being hook shaped	someone who helps another person commit a crime
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
a circular segment of a curve

crook (adjective)	accessary (adjective)
	aiding and abetting in a crime

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

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