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shyster

noun as in unscrupulous lawyer; swindler

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Like Gresham’s law, which holds that bad money drives out good, today’s bad shyster pollsters are driving out good pollsters for partisan and pecuniary reasons.

In his career as a New York real-estate shyster and tabloid denizen, then as the forty-fifth President of the United States, Trump has been the most transparent of public figures.

From Salon

But while Kim fell for Jimmy, she could take or leave Saul, a swaggering shyster who bends and breaks the law for evil men.

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An easier dispute system would make it unnecessary for consumers to seek help from shyster credit repair companies.

Google has failed to stop "shyster" websites advertising on its search engine, despite promising to fix the problem, the BBC has found.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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