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Webster 1913 Edition
Shyster
Shy′ster
,Noun.
[Perh. from G.
scheisse
excrement.] A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.
[Slang, U.S.]
Definition 2024
shyster
shyster
English
Alternative forms
- schister, scheister, sheister, schyster, shister, shaista, shiester, schiester
Noun
shyster (plural shysters)
- Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.
- Polly (to security guard, referring to Dr. Feingarten): Are you going to let that shyster in there?
- Dr. Feingarten: I could sue you, Polly. A shyster is a disreputable lawyer. I'm a quack.
- - From the motion picture SOB
Translations
someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way
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Derived terms
References
- shyster at OneLook Dictionary Search