| verb | fasten with a hook |
| verb | rip off; ask an unreasonable price |
| verb | make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle “She sat there crocheting all day” |
| verb | hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left |
| verb | take by theft “Someone snitched my wallet!” |
| verb | make off with belongings of others |
| verb | hit with a hook “His opponent hooked him badly” |
| verb | catch with a hook “hook a fish” |
| verb | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
| verb | secure with the foot “hook the ball” |
| verb | entice and trap “The car salesman had snared three potential customers” |
| verb | approach with an offer of sexual favors “he was solicited by a prostitute” |
| adjective | curved down like an eagle's beak |
| adjective | addicted to a drug |
| adjective | having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold) “hooklike thorns” |
| hook | noun | a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something |
| overcharge | noun | a price that is too high |
| crocheting | noun | needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle |
| hooker | noun | a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers) |
| hooking | noun | a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer |
| snitcher | noun | a thief who steals without using violence |
| thieving | noun | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully |
| thievery | noun | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully |
| pilferer | noun | a thief who steals without using violence |
| pilferage | noun | the act of stealing small amounts or small articles |
| cabbage | noun | informal terms for money |
| lifter | noun | a thief who steals goods that are in a store |
| addictive | adjective | causing or characterized by addiction |
| addiction | noun | (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master |
| addict | noun | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction |
| snare | noun | something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares |
| solicitation | noun | the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) |
| dependency | noun | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
| dependence | noun | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |