[ noun ] a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods <noun.person>
Shyster \Shy"ster\, n. [Perh. from G. scheisse excrement.] A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way. [Slang, U.S.]
"The average person figures I'm a normal guy, not a shyster lawyer or a cunning CPA.
Sharing the same floor of the run-down office building is Lou Gondolph, a shyster who hawks accidental-injury lawsuits in Spanish-language TV commercials.
Will the shy Renzo accede to the shyster Lonnie's proposal to start a restaurant with an operatic motif?
Only instead of the cool, savvy shyster typified by the Richard Dreyfuss character, or the desperate schemer portrayed by Danny De Vito, I was the bungling beginner, eager to sell but a failure as a hustler.