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Definition of Shyster
1. Noun. A person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods.
Definition of Shyster
1. n. A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.
Definition of Shyster
1. Noun. Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shyster
1. an unscrupulous lawyer or politician [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shyster
Literary usage of Shyster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Pragmatic Legal Expert Systemby James Popple by James Popple (1996)
"This work aims to show that a legal expert system need not be based upon a complex model of legal reasoning in order to produce useful advice."
2. The American Prison System by Jesse P. Webb (1920)
"CHAPTER V THE shyster LAWYER NE OF THE calcified barnacles attached to the rotten
old hulk of the American Prison System—one of the greatest evils existing ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... and shyster. Skyte (Shrewsbury School), explained by quotation. At one time
there used to be a strong feeling against the day boys, who live or lodge in ..."
4. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... shyster Lawyers— Poverty-Stricken Men, Women, and Children — A Wife's Pitiful
Plea — Tales of Destitution and Misery — Sad Cases—A Noble Woman — An ..."
5. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... "—shyster Lawyers— Poverty-stricken Men, Women, and Children — A Wife's Pitiful
Plea — Tales of Destitution and Misery — Sad Cases-— A Noble Woman — An ..."
6. The Friend (1868)
"THE shyster. ZETON. GAMESTER : one who games. SONGSTER: one who sings. SPINSTER:
one who spins out a single ... shyster : one who A shyster is a monster. ..."
7. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
"... WORK OI A shyster. After all Savannah was a wonderful improvement on Ander-
sonville. We got away from the pestilential Swamp and that poisonous ground. ..."
8. Josh Billings' Wit and Humor by Josh Billings (1874)
"THE shyster. The shyster iz a loose cross between the Jeremy ... A shyster ua
kind ov yello dog amung humans, sneaking around the korners for a bone. ..."
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