habitual criminal vs crook

habitual criminal and crook both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
habitual criminal	Yes	No	No	No
crook	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

habitual criminal: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
crook: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

habitual criminal (noun)	crook (noun)
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)	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

habitual criminal (verb)	crook (verb)
	bend or cause to bend