Criminal's snood (4)
I believe the answer is:
hood
This might be a double definition.
'criminal's' is the first definition.
(hood is a kind of criminal)
'snood' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hood that I've seen before include "Bronx district" , "Cover < the upper part < of tough" , "A cover; Bismarck sank it, 1941" , "Head covering of an American gangster" , "Capital cover" .)