scofflaw vs crook

scofflaw and crook both are nouns.

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

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

scofflaw: one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
crook: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

scofflaw (noun)	crook (noun)
one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses	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

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