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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shyster has 1 sense
- shyster(n = noun.person) pettifogger - a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods; Array is a kind of offender, wrongdoer
CIDE DICTIONARY
shyster, n. [Perh. from G. scheisse excrement.].
A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shyster, n. esp. US colloq. a person, esp. a lawyer, who uses unscrupulous methods.
Etymology
19th c.: orig. uncert.
THESAURUS
shyster
Artful Dodger, Philadelphia lawyer, Yankee horse trader, ambulance chaser, blackguard, bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, charmer, con artist, con man, confidence man, crafty rascal, crimp, devil, dodger, fox, glib tongue, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, knave, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, lawyer, mortgage shark, pettifogger, petty, pitchman, precious rascal, rapscallion, rascal, reynard, rogue, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shortchanger, slick citizen, slicker, sly dog, slyboots, sneak, spalpeen, spieler, sweet talker, swindler, trickster, villainROGET THESAURUS
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Knave
N knave, rogue, Scapin, rascal, Lazarillo de Tormes, bad man, blackguard, barrater, barrator, shyster, traitor, betrayer, archtraitor, conspirator, Judas, Catiline, reptile, serpent, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, sneak, Jerry Sneak, squealer, tell-tale, mischief-maker, trimmer, fence-sitter, renegade, truant, recreant, sycophant.
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