shyster
noun/ˈʃaɪstə(r)/
/ˈʃaɪstər/
(informal, especially North American English)- a dishonest person, especially a lawyerWord Originmid 19th cent.: said to be from Scheuster, the name of a lawyer whose behaviour provoked accusations of “scheuster” practices, perhaps reinforced by German Scheisser ‘worthless person’.
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