Shyster

Word SHYSTER
Character 7
Hyphenation shy ster
Pronunciations /ˈʃaɪs.tə(ɹ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Shyster"

What do we mean by shyster?

An unethical, unscrupulous practitioner, especially of law. noun

One who does business trickily; a person without professional honor: used chiefly of Iawyers: as, pettifoggers and shysters. noun

A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way. noun

Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics. noun

A person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods noun

Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.

Shyster is derived from the German term scheisser, meaning literally “one who defecates,” from the verb scheissen, “to defecate,” with the English suffix -ster, “one who does,” substituted for the German suffix -er, meaning the same thing. Generally used to describe someone who is untrustworthy, money grabbing and full of crap, particularly in the field of legal work for some reason. Urban Dictionary

Someone greedy, of questionable honesty. A crook or con artist. Urban Dictionary

The proper name for an attorney or a lawyer. A money-grubbing scoundrel who tries to save subhuman scum from execution, or who sues honest people who are trying to do their jobs. Urban Dictionary

A Jewish professional who cons people. Taken from the Shakespearian character Shylock, in "The Merchant of Venice." Urban Dictionary

Shyster is a lawyer who practices law in an unethical manner. Urban Dictionary

A shyster is a lawyer who practices law unethically and takes bribes from rich tycoon ballas. Urban Dictionary

A slime-ball creature lower than dirt. A person to intimidate you and bill you for their lies and deception. Someone who is more interested in their place in the professional pecking order than an advocate for clients. A high priced whore who is conjugal with either side of a dispute who then lends his or her support to the highest bidder. Urban Dictionary

The act of being a shyster, one whom runs scams, is full of shit, dishonest and /or shady…. Urban Dictionary

Someone who makes a career out of setting up bogus companies that recruit backpackers to make unsolicited calls aiming to fool unwary people into buying worthless services like advertising on their internet business directories or investment scams that pretend to offer huge returns but actually pay a small portion of the original investment then collapse and take the rest. In Australia, over half of them live on the Gold Coast. Urban Dictionary

Legendary Monster of Olde, the Shyster is a gangly, pale monsters with long, rake-like claws, perfect for picking roaches out of the deepest of ash trays and picking dutch money out of your pockets. Some say the Shyster acts as a form of smoking karma, bad smoking habits and general shystiness invites the unpleasant visit of the shyster. Others believe he's the fifth rider of the apocalypse, but sold his horse for pot and got ditched by the rest of the riders, now he forever roams the earth in search of pot, disregarding all morals and ethics. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Shyster

The word "shyster" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (1908)

Superspeed shootist sheriff slays sister on the way to silver bullet showdown with supervillain shyster. ❋ Blue Tyson (2007)

Steve Hicks Lawrence, Kansas In his article, "That Dirty Bird," on the onomastic migrations of the shitepoke [III, 3], Steven R. Hicks makes passing reference to the intriguing word shyster, an American colloquialism dating from at least as early as 1846 (see Mitford Mathews, Americanisms, 1966). ❋ Unknown (1977)

This wasn't an accidental outburst: he went on to repeat the word "shyster" twice more. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But, considerably as a consequence of Campbell's own track record (as, indeed, a "shyster"), the public is very rightly very wary of ever believing anything the government says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Whenever I see or hear the word "shyster" a picture of L. Davis forms in my mind. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mr. Cohen said that Mr. Shulman was first to challenge that "shyster" derived from a lawyer named Scheuster. ❋ Unknown (2004)

No one knows what Bush did, except run companies into the ground and daddy's friends bailed him out, and I'm supposed to believe Edwards is some kind of shyster for helping poor families? ❋ Unknown (2004)

And presently Jake Hibbard, the worst "shyster" in the village, shuffled in -- noticeable anywhere for his suit of rusty black, his empty sleeve pinned to his coat, the green patch over his eye, and his tobacco-stained lips. ❋ Charles Miner Thompson (1902)

There were always lawyers in these subterranean affairs -- "shyster" was a word she had heard applied to them -- and this man looked the part. ❋ Basil King (1893)

Marchionne used the term "shyster" at least three times when discussing the interest rates on debt owed to the U.S. Treasury during his nearly hour-long appearance at an industry conference with auto dealers, journalists and analysts. ❋ Unknown (2011)

David Alex Nahmod: Regarding the word "shyster" & anti-semetism: I'm Jewish, and part Israeli. ❋ Unknown (2009)

'I have the advantage of being able to hold my head up in public without thinking what kind of - I have to be careful of my language here - without thinking what kind of shyster I am. ❋ Unknown (2009)

a "shyster," that desires to escape the impending battle. ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

"shyster" calibre, a fraud by nature, a humble worshipper of the sceptre above him, a reptile never tired of sneering at the land of his birth or glorifying the ten-acre kingdom that has adopted him -- salary, $4,000 a year, vast consequence, and no perquisites. ❋ Mark Twain (1872)

"I have the advantage of being able to hold my head up in public without thinking what kind of - I have to be careful of my language here - without thinking what kind of shyster I am.

Going forward, as some Wembley blazer would doubtless have it, Fifa delegates can either get behind a consummate international shyster or a bunch of parochial rotarians whose ineptitude is equalled only by their misplaced self-regard. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If a shyster wins one in 20 cases a year, but that one makes him millions, he has done well for the year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My [lawyers] are [a bunch] of [shysters] ❋ Martin Duxon (2003)

"[Fuck you], you're not [getting] [a penny] from me, you shyster." ❋ Danny Delinquent (2003)

It's very hard to win a [lawsuit] against you when you're against a big [corporation] with plenty of [shysters]. ❋ Tuna Wanda (2005)

That shyster is [stealing] my [money]. ❋ Maria Purice (2005)

After liquidating his assets to a [gardener], Shasko [Dubich] knew not even his team of [shyster] lawyers could save him. ❋ Shasko Dubich (2022)

After liquidating his assets to his [gardener], Shasko [Dubich], Andre knew not even his team of [shyster] lawyers could save him now. ❋ Shasko Dubich (2022)

I went to a [mediation]. The [plaintiff] made up lies. My lawyer said they might make you "look bad" you better pay them(the plaintiff) or face more fees. My lawyer was a [shyster]. ❋ Clear Light (2011)

I am [so tired] of Matt and his [shysterism], he's always running some type of [scam]! ❋ NIKKY T (2014)

Don't [call me] again you [Gold Coast] Shyster.. ❋ Sublemonal (2015)

"Where's [Shawn]?" "[Shhh], do not [speak] the name of the Shyster..." ❋ Keeper Of The Legend (2009)

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