Crook and Pirate

Crook

Crook noun - A person who has committed a crime.

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Pirate and crook are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pirate" instead a noun "Crook".

Nearby Words: crooked, crooking

Pirate noun - Someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea.

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Crook and pirate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crook" instead a noun "Pirate".

Nearby Words: pirated, pirating, piracy, piratical, piratic

old	old crook	old pirate
female	female crook	female pirate
best	best crook	best pirate
friendly	friendly crook	friendly pirate
Other adjectives: nasty, small, real, great, dangerous, vicious, famous, former, minor, murderous, random, blind, mad, creepy.

While he claims to be an "Honest Businessman and Friend" it's clear he's as much of a crook as any pirate and is merely outsourcing his criminal activities through Edward.

Source: Videogame / Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Compare and contrast the Privateer, who was essentially paid by his nation to become a pirate against another nation's shipping, the Rogue Agent, and the Boxed Crook.

Source: From Camouflage To Criminal
Surprisingly the two foreigners remained loyal Boxed Crook: Emperor Houman persuaded Fysher the Pirate Queen to build him a navy, under threat of her children joining her on the gallows.

Source: Webcomic / Ebin and May

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