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☆ shy·ster (s̸hī′stər)

noun

Slang a person, esp. a lawyer, who uses unethical or tricky methods; pettifogger

Etymology: earlier shuyster, prob. altered < Ger scheisser, defecator

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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