What is Shyster?
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Shyster is derived from the German term scheisser, meaning literally “one who defecates,” from the verb scheissen, “to defecate,” with the English suffix -ster, “one who does,” substituted for the German suffix -er, meaning the same thing.
Generally used to describe someone who is untrustworthy, money grabbing and full of crap, particularly in the field of legal work for some reason.
My lawyers are a bunch of shysters
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Someone greedy, of questionable honesty. A crook or con artist.
"Fuck you, you're not getting a penny from me, you shyster."
3.
The proper name for an attorney or a lawyer. A money-grubbing scoundrel who tries to save subhuman scum from execution, or who sues honest people who are trying to do their jobs.
It's very hard to win a lawsuit against you when you're against a big corporation with plenty of shysters.
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A shyster is someone, usually a Jew, who acts in a disreputable, unethical or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics, or a con artist.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is a shyster.
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5.
A Jewish professional who cons people. Taken from the Shakespearian character Shylock, in "The Merchant of Venice."
That shyster is stealing my money.
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