Shyster
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A shyster (usually refers to a lawyer) is someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics, or a con artist.
[edit] Etymology
- The origin is mostly likely from German Scheisser - "incompetent worthless person," literally "shitter".[1]
- Other possible origins include Shylock, a character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
[edit] Common Misspellings
Shyster is commonly misspelled. Common variants include schister, scheister, sheister, schyster, shister, shiester and schiester.
[edit] Other Uses
- This term has been used in Isaac Asimov's short science-fiction robot story "Evidence". An atmosphere is created around a falsity and then proven wrong.
- Commonly used as a derogatory term for a Hyster Fork Truck
- (military) SS-3 Shyster is the NATO reporting name for the R-5 theatre ballistic missile.
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