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
  • Newsweek contacted lawyers for Khalil and the Department of Homeland Security for comment via email outside normal office hours on Thursday.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The former mayor is also responsible for legal fees that Costello and his firm paid when filing the lawsuit to recover Giuliani’s unpaid lawyer fees, the Associated Press reported.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The recording was apparently not disclosed to defense attorney Barnett, who could have used it to discredit Neary’s testimony.
    Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Trump’s attorneys on Thursday had submitted an emergency request to pause a lower-court ruling, which barred Cook’s firing from taking effect while her lawsuit against the president’s action continues.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For nearly three years now, I’ve been fascinated by the performance art of this blustering pettifogger.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023

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“Shyster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shyster. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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