shyster
Plural: shysters
Noun
- A dishonest or unscrupulous professional, especially a lawyer.
- a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
- Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.
Verb
- To act in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.
- To exploit (someone or something) in this way.
Examples
- Claiming a word that isn’t valid is a shyster move, always resulting in a challenge.
Origin / Etymology
US origin, 19th century. The etymology of the word is not generally agreed upon. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as "of obscure origin," possibly deriving from a historical sense of shy meaning "disreputable", equivalent to shy + -ster. Other sources suggest the word derives from the German Scheißer (“incompetent worthless person”), from scheißen (“to defecate”), probably influenced by -ster. Not related to shylock.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
shyster: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordshyster: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shyster: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
shyster: valid Words With Friends Word