crook vs runner

runner vs crook

crook and runner both are nouns.

crook is a verb but runner is not a verb.

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

As nouns, runner is a hyponym of crook; that is, runner 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
runner: someone who imports or exports without paying duties

Other hyponyms of crook include accessary, 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, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

crook (noun)	runner (noun)
a long staff with one end being hook shaped	fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
a circular segment of a curve	a long narrow carpet
	a trained athlete who competes in foot races
	someone who imports or exports without paying duties
	a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
	someone who travels on foot by running
	a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
	(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
	a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

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

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