as in lawyers
chiefly US, informal
a person who is dishonest especially in politics or in the practice of law
—often used before another noun
a shyster lawyer
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Recent Examples of shysters
The bubble-ists think that the Coreweave people are hopeless dreamers at best and shysters at worst.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shysters
lawyers
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Meals are wheeled in, and there is a small room attached to the unit where detainees can work on their cases and communicate with their lawyers, according to someone who spoke often with an inmate held there.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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Other emails show administration lawyers monitoring developments and sharing press coverage of Willis’s legal filings.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Shysters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shysters. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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