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1 Crook
subs.Stick: Ar. and P. βακτηρία, ἡ, V. βάκτρον, τό, σκῆπτρον, τό.Curve, bend: V. ἀγκών, ὁ, P. καμπτήρ, ὁ (Xen.).By hook or by crook: P. παντὶ τρόπῳ.Strive to avoid death by hook or by crook: P. μηχανᾶσθαι ὅπως ἀποφεύξεται πᾶν ποιῶν θάνατον (Plat., Ap. 39A).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Crook
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2 crook
[kruk] 1. noun1) (a (shepherd's or bishop's) stick, bent at the end.) γκλίτσα / ποιμαντορική ράβδος2) (a criminal: The two crooks stole the old woman's jewels.) λωποδύτης, αγύρτης3) (the inside of the bend (of one's arm at the elbow): She held the puppy in the crook of her arm.) καμπύλη, αγκύλη2. verb(to bend (especially one's finger) into the shape of a hook: She crooked her finger to beckon him.) κυρτώνω- crooked- crookedly
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4 by hook or by crook
(by some means or another; in any way possible: I'll get her to marry me, by hook or by crook.) με οποιοδήποτε μέσο -
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[huk] 1. noun1) (a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc: a fish-hook.) αγκίστρι2) (a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it: Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes.) γάντζος3) (in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: a left hook.) πλάγιο χτύπημα2. verb1) (to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: He hooked a large salmon.) πιάνω με αγκίστρι2) (to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks: He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back?) στηρίζω,θηλυκώνω,κουμπώνω3) (in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).) (στο γκολφ)χτυπώ σε λάθος κατεύθυνση•- hooked- by hook or by crook
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adjective ((of a thief etc) not working on a large scale: a small-time crook/thief.) ψιλικατζής
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