Crosiers

Usage examples of crooks.

Moreover, Chet, of all crooks, would be the hardest for The Shadow to link with this murder.

Definitely, though, Wimbell had talked with crooks as their legal adviser.

Consulting crime annals of that period, The Shadow found that a dangerous band of crooks had ceased operations just about that time.

The crooks in the cab had a hunch, however, that Hacker intended preliminaries with Chet Darringer.

He changed direction as he fired, cutting back toward the lighted space, while crooks fired for the darkened corner.

AT present, those two crooks were coming indoors from a stroll around the deck.

He knew that there was one man among the enemy who would stave off a death-thrust, if the crooks once gained the upper hand.

Except for one factor: Crooks had identified The Shadow as Lamont Cranston.

It was an odd situation - The Shadow traveling the same railway as crooks, yet letting them keep under cover.

He expected to form choice plans for those same crooks after they arrived in London.

It struck me, though, that the crooks were not seeking Cranston at all.

Old Wimbell would have remained, to receive the vengeance of crooks who thought he was The Keeper.

The crooks who looked past Fleetland saw the cloaked fighter swing to action.

The Keeper and his chief accomplice were voicing the order that always came when crooks saw The Shadow in the clear.

The Shadow was showing these crooks the way of right, his system being to strew them along the right of way.