shyster

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Alternative spellings 1.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

The origin is mostly likely from German Scheißer ("incompetent worthless person,"), from scheißen (“‘to defecate’”).

[edit] Noun

shyster (plural shysters)

1. Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics, or a con artist.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• schister, scheister, sheister, schyster, shister, shaista, shiester and schiester.

[edit] References

• Shyster, In Webster.com.