crook vs delinquent

crook

noun
  • A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal. 

  • A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. 

  • A pothook. 

  • A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything). 

  • A bishop's standard staff of office. 

  • A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. 

  • An artifice; a trick; a contrivance. 

  • A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds. 

  • A bending of the knee; a genuflection. 

adj
  • Ill, sick. 

  • Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard. 

  • Annoyed, angry; upset. 

verb
  • To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. 

  • To become bent or hooked. 

  • To bend, or form into a hook. 

delinquent

noun
  • One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes. 

  • A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646). 

  • A person who has not paid their debts. 

adj
  • Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense 

  • Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. 

How often have the words crook and delinquent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )