I. ˈshīstə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably alteration of earlier shicer contemptible fellow, from German scheisser, literally, one that deficates
: one who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
has observed too many shysters, too many ambulance chasers, too many political confidence men, too many blackmailers — Stanley Walker
there are tyrants and shysters in all positions, and especially those dressed in subordinate authority — Walt Whitman
II. intransitive verb
( shystered ; shystered ; shystering -t(ə)riŋ ; shysters )
: to deal as a shyster