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shyster
Shyster is a slang word for someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law, sometimes also politics or business.
== Etymology ==
The etymology of the word is not generally agreed upon. The ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary'' says it is based on the German ''Scheißer'' (literally "shitter" but also used to refer to deceivers), but the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' describes it as "of obscure origin", possibly deriving from a historical sense of "shy" meaning disreputable.〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', Second Edition, 1989, retrieved from dictionary.oed.com.〕 Various false etymologies have suggested an anti-Semitic origin, possibly associated with the character of Shylock from Shakespeare's ''Merchant of Venice'', but there is no clear evidence for this. One source claims that the term originated in Philadelphia in 1843 from a disreputable attorney named "Schuster."
The Soviet nuclear missile R-5 Pobeda was given the NATO reporting name "Shyster."〔(Johnston's Archive - SOVIET/RUSSIAN MISSILE DESIGNATIONS )〕
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