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shy·ster

 (shī′stər)
n. Slang
An unethical, unscrupulous practitioner, especially of law.

[Probably alteration of German Scheisser, son of a bitch, bastard, from scheissen, to defecate, from Middle High German schīzen, from Old High German skīzzan; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

shy′ster·ism n.
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shyster

(ˈʃaɪstə)
n
informal chiefly US a person, esp a lawyer or politician, who uses discreditable or unethical methods
[C19: probably based on Scheuster, name of a disreputable 19th-century New York lawyer]
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shy•ster

(ˈʃaɪ stər)

n.
1. a lawyer who uses unprofessional or questionable methods.
2. a person who gets along by petty, sharp practices.
[1835–45, Amer.; probably < German Scheisser, literally, defecator]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shyster - a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methodsshyster - a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law
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Translations
chicaneurenculeur de mouches

shyster

[ˈʃaɪstəʳ] N (esp US) → tramposo/a m/f, estafador(a) m/f; (= lawyer) → picapleitos mf inv sin escrúpulos
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shyster

n (US inf) → Gauner(in) m(f); (= lawyer)Rechtsverdreher(in) m(f) (inf)
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shyster

[ˈʃaɪstəʳ] n (Am) (fam) → lestofante m; (lawyer, politician) → filibustiere m
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References in classic literature ?
Your manner, sir, and your methods, remind me of a shyster. This is a simple case of assault and battery.
The management alleged that the money the company used to compensate bogus farmers was shared out by shysters and some Sony insiders who leaked vital documents.
CON-ARTISTS and shysters who commit so-called "romance scams" are among the cruellest of fraudsters.
When those shysters down in Whitehall, deemed our shipyards had to close.
Anyone who's stung by these shysters is likely to have their details sold to other scammers and get repeatedly fleeced.
Summary: As this week's chaotic and unruly protests jolted the security and stability of Lebanon and threatened the fragile peace, it quickly became clear that we were in need of a dedicated firefighter who by fighting the blaze would also stomp on all troublemakers, warmongers, naysayers, soothsayers, shysters and opportunists who rear their heads.
We need mature minds to replace the matured shysters.
His story also brought out of the woodwork assorted public relations shysters, right-wing Christian fundamentalists from the USA, Donald Trump and the Pope plus a raucous, selfappointed Charlie's Army.
Revolting shysters Edwin and Lorraine McLaren preyed on the desperate and elderly to feed their own ruthless greed.
But the birds that host the shysters' eggs have a trick of their own--scrambling the looks of their eggs so they have distinct signatures.
Birmingham has already earned notoriety by a judge's comment that a group of Asian polling station shysters had turned the city into a "banana republic".
This fear from the political judgment of the international community is at times forgotten by Gruevski and he throws sticks and stones against the fascist west but the dirtiest part of this anti-western campaign is led by the media shysters who pushed his to the abyss too.