" He's useful, " Sirius muttered, " Knows all the crooks—well, he would, seeing as he's one himself."

“他有用啊，”小天狼星小声嘀咕道，“认识所有的骗毛贼——哼，这也难怪，他自己就是那一。”

And maybe they were crooks somehow.

也许他们是骗之的。

Kenyatta called the justices " crooks" and ordered a new election.

肯雅塔称司法部门是“骗”，要求重新进行投票。

My rich dad did not see Robin Hood as a hero. He called Robin Hood a crook.

但我的富爸爸却认为罗宾汉不是英雄，他称罗宾汉为窃贼。

By hook or by crook and come hell or high water… you will!

想方设法，无论面对多大的困难… … 你一定能学好的！

Crooks simply attach their own card readers onto the existing ones.

盗窃者只需要将自己的读头放在已有的卡槽里。

By hook or by crook and come hell or high water...you will!

不管是想方设法（By hook or By crook）还是攻坚克难（come hell or high water）都会一往无前！

It was clear to me that Nixon was, despite his protests, a crook.

对于我来说，不管尼克松怎么辩解，他显然是个骗。

Whenever she arrives, he holds her tight by the crook of the arm.

她每次来，他都紧紧握着她的胳膊肘。

Online crooks, like their real-world brethren, do not file quarterly reports.

网络骗实世界的骗一样，两者都不可能（如企业一样）作出每个季度的报表。

His branding of United Russia as “the party of crooks and thieves” has spread virally.

他给俄罗斯统一党取的绰号“骗小偷党”流传甚广。

They are often seen as opposites : the hero and the crook.

人们通常认为他俩的为人截然相反——一个是英雄，一个是坏蛋。

When I asked him what he learned, his only reply was, " Advertising salespeople are crooks."

当我问他从这件事学到了什么时，他只是回答“广告商都是骗”。

So, if you could collect the wood with your hook and crook, it was all yours.

所以，用曲柄杖和钩镰收集到的木材，就是你的了。

Company executives may be boring Gradgrinds, bankers the spawn of the devil and politicians crooks and liars.

企业的高管们也许像令人厌的葛擂梗（Gradgrinds，译者注：狄更斯小说《艰难时世》中的人物），是万恶之源的银行家和瞒天过海的政治家。

But I had two major obstacles, my mother and my nose, my big, big crook nose.

但是我有两个主要的障碍 我的妈妈和我的鼻 我的大鹰钩鼻。

" By hook or by crook" is a very old expression that is still used today.

" By hook or by crook" 是一个非常古老的表达，至今仍在使用。

In a recording leaked on Thursday, Adilson Durante-Filho said that mixed-race people were crooks and couldn't be trusted.

在周四泄露的录音中，阿迪尔森·杜兰特-菲略表示，混血人士是骗，无法信任。

Now, let's get back to " By hook or by crook" .

现在，让我们回到" By hook or by crook" 上来。

I think that it's someone who you can't trust who might be a kind of crook or thief.

我觉得这是个你不能信任的人，他可能是个骗或小偷。