Shyster

/ˈʃaɪs.tɚ/

Synonyms for "shyster" (67 found)

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Closest matches (14)

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Noun(2 words)
charlatancon artist

Strong matches (20)

crafty rascalcrimpdevildodgerfoxglib tonguehorse coperhorse traderimpostorjacklegknaveland pirateland sharkland-grabberlawyermortgage sharkmouthpiece
Noun(3 words)
crooked lawyerfraudsterfraudulent attorney

Related words (33)

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More general

6 entries

More specific

5 entries
crooked lawyerfake attorneyfraudulent attorneyshady consultantunlicensed attorney

Collocations

5 entries
shyster attorneyshyster defenseshyster lawyershyster schemeshyster tactics

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

True, it was a good advertisement at Boosters' Club lunches, and all the varieties of Annual Banquets to which Good Fellows were invited, to speak sonorously of […] a thing called Ethics, whose nature was confusing but if you had it you were a High-class Realtor and if you hadn't you were a shyster, a piker, and a fly-by-night.

Source: wiktionary

The network canceled—nonco-operation their legal shysters said. Suing me, for, for ten million clams, damages to sponsors, agencies. Internal Revenue-Uncle Whiskers says I owe them a mint.

Source: wiktionary

I could sue you, Polly. A shyster is a disreputable lawyer. I'm a quack.

Source: wiktionary

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