shyster
shyster
noun
noun
- (informal)a person, especially a lawyer, who uses unscrupulous, fraudulent, or deceptive methods in business
(非正式)不择手段的律师；奸诈之徒
- mid 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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