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shyster


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shyster  \Shy"ster\,  n.  [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.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shyster 
  n  :  a  person  (especially  a  lawyer  or  politician)  who  uses 
  unscrupulous  or  unethical  methods  [syn:  {pettifogger}] 




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