n.

1. a catch for locking a door
2. a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook;
   crotchet
3. anything that serves as an enticement;
   bait, come-on, lure, sweetener
4. a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something;
   claw
5. a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
6. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;
   draw, hooking
   
   • he took lessons to cure his hooking
7. a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
8. a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket;
   hook shot

v.

1. fasten with a hook
2. rip off; ask an unreasonable price;
   overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob
3. make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle;
   crochet
   
   • She sat there crocheting all day
4. hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
5. take by theft;
   snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
   
   • Someone snitched my wallet!
6. make off with belongings of others;
   pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
7. hit with a hook
   
   • His opponent hooked him badly
8. catch with a hook
   
   • hook a fish
9. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent  (on something, especially a narcotic drug);
   addict
10. secure with the foot
    
    • hook the ball
11. entice and trap;
    snare
    
    • The car salesman had snared three potential customers
12. approach with an offer of sexual favors;
    solicit, accost
    
    • he was solicited by a prostitute
    • The young man was caught soliciting in the park