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shysters

noun

plural of shyster

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. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025

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Myers’ lawyers argue his own defense attorney helped turn the jury against him.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
After years of planning and wrangling, after more than $10 million spent on engineers, and lawyers, and architects; after all of the rumors, and headlines, and finger-pointing, the big presentation was ready to be made.

— Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

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