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crooks

n. (plural of crook English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: crook)

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Crooks, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
Population (2000): 859
Housing Units (2000): 289
Land area (2000): 0.648631 sq. miles (1.679947 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.648631 sq. miles (1.679947 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14740
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 43.661488 N, 96.809148 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57020
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Crooks (surname)

Crooks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Adam Crooks (activist) (1824–1874), Weslyan Methodist
  • Adam Crooks (politician) (1827–1885), Canadian politician
  • Ann Marie Crooks, female bodybuilder and professional wrestler
  • Bill Crooks, New Zealand horticulturalist
  • Garth Crooks (born 1958), former English professional football player
  • Charmaine Crooks (born 1962), Canadian athlete
  • Dave Crooks (born 1963), American politician
  • David Crooks (RNZAF officer) (born 1931), New Zealand air marshal
  • Hulda Crooks (1896–1997), American mountaineer
  • Jack Crooks (1865–1918), American baseball player
  • James Crooks (1778–1860), Scottish businessman
  • Lee Crooks (born 1978), former English professional football player
  • Lesane Parish Crooks (1971-1996), American rapper better known as Tupac Shakur
  • N. Patrick Crooks (1938-2015), American Supreme Court Judge
  • Paul Crooks, former Formula One engineer
  • Ramsay Crooks (1787–1859), Canadian fur trader
  • Richard Crooks (1900–1972), American tenor
  • Sammy Crooks (1908–1981), English footballer
  • Thomas Crooks (born 1862), American football coach
  • Tim Crooks (born 1949), former British rower
  • Will Crooks (1852–1921), British trade unionist
  • William Crooks (Canadian politician) (1776–1836), Canadian politician

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.