SHYSTER


Meaning of SHYSTER in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.