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  • noun Plural form of shyster.

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Examples

  • Some of it may also be criminal: at least one of these shysters is under investigation by The Met (which laughingly describes itself these days as a 'police' service), but in the way of these things I am not holding my breath on their account.

    Archive 2009-04-05 2009

  • Some of it may also be criminal: at least one of these shysters is under investigation by The Met (which laughingly describes itself these days as a 'police' service), but in the way of these things I am not holding my breath on their account.

    Where The Huntsman leads, the hounds follow 2009

  • While we're at it, what about linking Schillings with 'shysters'?

    A Big Stick and a Small Carrot Garry 2007

  • Not bad qualities if you live in a world of shysters, criminals and underhanded spies.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • But, it also provides a loophole protecting terrorists as enemy combatants subject to Geneva Conventions protections in Art. 44 because they fit the description of a legal combatant in Art. 43; “smart” shysters … I mean lawyers would make sure to use it, and probably find some whacked-out lefty judge to agree.

    Matthew Yglesias » GOP Members of Congress Have Never Watched Television, Movies 2010

  • Perception and understanding are severely limited if one cannot read quickly and understand well, and those limitations make people more vulnerable to shysters, deceptive business practices, and clever politicians.

    The Post-Literate Society « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009

  • Perception and understanding are severely limited if one cannot read quickly and understand well, and those limitations make people more vulnerable to shysters, deceptive business practices, and clever politicians.

    September « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009

  • Women's Rights Groups should be all over this one, but they are unfortunately being duped by these shysters into thinking they are all on the same side.

    Seven Things To Know About Hormones - My Take aka TBTAM 2009

  • Speaking of Southern Good Ole Boy shysters, I do, indeed, understand the technique.

    Page 2 2009

  • Sadly, the whole comics biz was founded by shysters and profiteers … and literal gangsters, in the case of Charleston … and stayed that way for far too many years.

    Archie Exhibit Rewrites History; Did MoCCA Know? » Comics Worth Reading 2010

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