Shyster (/ ˈʃaɪstər /; also spelled schiester, scheister, etc.) is a slang word for someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law, sometimes also …

Sep 8, 2011 · The meaning of SHYSTER is a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger.

/ ˈʃɑɪ·stər / Add to word list a dishonest person, esp. a lawyer (Definition of shyster from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

SHYSTER definition: a lawyer who uses unprofessional or questionable methods. See examples of shyster used in a sentence.

If you refer to someone, especially a lawyer or politician, as a shyster, you mean that they are dishonest and immoral.

Dec 8, 2025 · shyster (third-person singular simple present shysters, present participle shystering, simple past and past participle shystered) (intransitive) To act in a disreputable, unethical, or …

Definition of shyster noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

shyster (ˈʃaɪstə) n informal chiefly US a person, esp a lawyer or politician, who uses discreditable or unethical methods [C19: probably based on Scheuster, name of a disreputable 19th-century New …

shyster, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

A shyster is someone who might rip you off or do something unethical in order to get his way.