shyster
14
9.9
- noun
- /ˈʃaɪstər/
- Offensive
:
abogado sinvergüenza
- The brilliant Wall Street shysters are "shocked" with the results reported this morning.
- shyster lawyer
- money-grubbing shyster
- street-corner shyster
Joe Rogan's like you're a shyster, Musk, aren't you?
- Joe Rogan's like you're a shyster, Musk, aren't you?
- But them fucking shyster, whatever his name was, was jerking off in in ladies plants and shit for movie roles.
Examples
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You slick, smiling shyster.
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Used to be a shyster lawyer in Los Angeles.
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Yeah, and that shyster lawyer of yours.
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What are you calling up that shyster for?
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You listen to that shyster.
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And I don't know about you, but I don't want to deal with the shyster now.
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Now she thinks the whole firm is shysters and loonies.
Fiction book (1995) -
He's a shyster that's been freeloading in this house for a solid year!
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A whole corps of shysters has sprung up, including, in my opinion, this one representing the Thomases.
Fiction book (1995) -
The shyster politician promised reform, but his actions showed he only cared about money.
Synonyms
153
3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
112
2.6
A person who breaks the rules or lies to get an advantage
100
5.4
A person who uses secret plans to gain power in a group
75
6.1
A person who secretly tells adults or police about things other people do wrong
64
7.9
A person who is sneaky and dishonest, often trying to trick others
51
6.5
A person who behaves dishonestly and hurts others by lying or stealing
47
4.7
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to get their money
40
4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
20
4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
20
6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
15
5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
9
8.2
A person who is dishonest and treats others badly
7
8.2
A person who is dishonest and treats others badly
7
6.2
A person who seems friendly but is actually dangerous or dishonest
5
8.1
A person who pretends to be friendly but secretly harms or tricks you
2
8.4
A man who tricks people by gaining their trust and taking their money
1
9.9
A person who seems friendly but tricks others to get what they want
1
8.4
A person who secretly plans and helps with illegal actions
1
8.9
A person who hides their real skill to win unfairly in contests
1
9.9
A person who cheats others to get money or things
1
9.9
A person who argues over small unimportant details and uses unfair tricks
1
8.9
A person who secretly plans to trick others for personal gain
1
7.8
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
A person who takes money unfairly by accepting bribes
A person who gets things by tricking or lying to others
A person who tricks people to get their money or things
A friendly-looking person who secretly tricks others to gain power
A person who cheats others to get small amounts of money
A person who tricks others using clever talk to take their money
How Dishonest
- Offensive
153
3.9
- Offensive
14
9.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shyster likely comes from an old German or Yiddish insult like Scheißer, which was an insulting word for 'a very bad or dirty person'. So, shyster came to mean a dishonest, untrustworthy person, often used about lawyers or politicians.