shyster

Speech parts

1. shyster - Noun

2. shyster - Verb

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pettifogger fox mongoose dodger cad rascal scamp knave bounder lawyer attorney shark rogue charlatan blackguard
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Antonyms

lion darling master hero innocent worthy
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Hypernyms

offender wrongdoer

Anagrams

Shersty

Examples

My first meeting with you only confirmed what I first suspected. You are a fraud, a charlatan and a shyster. My favourite kind of person, in fact. Stephen Fry

Unfortunately, Florida is a mecca for the shyster element, and there are apparently no rules on the kinds of advertising a lawyer can do. Carl Hiaasen

Everyone that I have talked with including my thoughts are the President should have vetoed the bill and made everyone of those shyster congressmen and women return to Washington and sit down an produce a proper budget. Source: Internet

Disbar the shyster, or how 'bout them Arkansas mores? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

shyness shyok river shyrdak shysterish shysterism si