Shyster

Noun

 * 1) Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.

Thesaurus
Artful Dodger, Philadelphia lawyer, Yankee horse trader, ambulance chaser, blackguard, bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, charmer, con artist, con man, confidence man, crafty rascal, crimp, devil, dodger, fox, glib tongue, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, knave, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, lawyer, mortgage shark, pettifogger, petty, pitchman, precious rascal, rapscallion, rascal, reynard, rogue, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shortchanger, slick citizen, slicker, sly dog, slyboots, sneak, spalpeen, spieler, sweet talker, swindler, trickster, villain

Alternative forms

 * schister, scheister, sheister, schyster, shister, shaista, shiester, schiester

Etymology

 * The origin is mostly likely from Scheißer:, from scheißen:, probably influenced by -ster:

Anagrams

 * thyrses