shyster

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Recent Examples of shyster To demonstrate that point in a video, a researcher told a robot arm to put a bunch of plastic grapes into a clear Tupperware container, then proceeded to shift three containers around on the table in an approximation of a shyster’s shell game. Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025 Holmes is another shyster whose story has been dissected in several documentaries and in dramatizations like Hulu’s The Dropout, but Gibney brings specific insights and a fresh perspective to this truly unbelievable story. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024 And there’s a character on there who is—plays kind of a shyster attorney. Nick Sibilla, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022 How Bob Odenkirk became the great American shyster in the riveting show, Better Call Saul. Kyle Smith, National Review, 1 May 2022 Marty the nebbish, Ike the shyster, Phyllis the shrew. Judy Berman, Time, 8 Nov. 2021 In the 1930s, it was purchased by Norman Baker, a shyster who lured cancer patients to come here for treatments that had no medicinal value. Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2020 Small business owners trying to stay afloat as the economy reels from the impact of the coronavirus can add another worry to the list: shysters pretending to be affiliated with the federal government's flagship relief program. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2020 Lukens, almost alone, kept the faith, arguing that the bust had simply exposed honest dealers from shysters. The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shyster
Noun
  • Ara’s joining the firm comes on the heels of Weil’s hiring in February of sports, media and entertainment lawyer Steve Argeris as a partner in the U.S. Private Equity Group, based in Weil’s Washington, D.C., and New York offices.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 June 2025
  • Buchwald said the government could start proceedings by serving either Chung’s home address via mail or her lawyers.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • New York attorney Nicole Brenecki told Fox News Digital that complications with the jury could lead to severe problems down the road, including a possible mistrial.
    Tracy Wright , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
  • An attorney for the singer has revealed that Kelly — whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly — is hoping to be granted a pardon or have his sentence commuted due to concern that his life is in danger.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 12 June 2025

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“Shyster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shyster. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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