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Definition of "shyster" [shy•ster]

  • Slang An unethical, unscrupulous practitioner, especially of law. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "shyster" in a sentence
  • "Well, the states still have equal suffrage in the Senate, but this kind of what I call shyster lawyerism has been used to permit the federal government to overrun the Constitutional bounds on its powers."
  • "He had begun his career as an "ambulance chaser," had risen later to the dignity of a police court lawyer, and now was of the type that might be called, for want of a better name, a high class "shyster" -- unscrupulous, sharp, cunning."
  • "Superspeed shootist sheriff slays sister on the way to silver bullet showdown with supervillain shyster."
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