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单词 shyster
释义 shy·ster
I. \ˈshīstə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably alteration of earlier shicer contemptible fellow, from German scheisser, literally, one that deficates
: one who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
 < has observed too many shysters, too many ambulance chasers, too many political confidence men, too many blackmailers — Stanley Walker >
 < there are tyrants and shysters in all positions, and especially those dressed in subordinate authority — Walt Whitman >
II. intransitive verb
(shystered ; shystered ; shystering \-t(ə)riŋ\ ; shysters)
: to deal as a shyster
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