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Shyster   /ʃˈaɪstər/   Listen
Shyster

noun
1.
A person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods.  Synonym: pettifogger.





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"Shyster" Quotes from Famous Books



... no lawyer. In the early morning a police court lawyer (termed, in the higher circles of society, a "shyster") had come into our den in the prison and offered his services to me, but I had been obliged to go without them because I could not pay in advance or give security. I told the interpreter how the matter stood. He said I must take my chances on the witnesses then. ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... fat shyster and the bow-legged one." He reached over, poured himself a glass of brandy from a decanter, then, with an unpleasant laugh, set it ...
— Ailsa Paige • Robert W. Chambers


Words linked to "Shyster" :   pettifogger, offender, wrongdoer


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