crooking

/K R UH1 K IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To bend, or form into a hook.

    โ€œHe crooked his finger toward me.โ€

  2. 2

    To become bent or hooked.

  3. 3

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

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is crooked.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crook, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crooking