Shyster

Shyster /ˈʃaɪstər/ 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.

The etymology of the word is not generally agreed upon. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as "of obscure origin", possibly deriving from a historical sense of "shy" meaning disreputable, whereas the Merriam-Webster Dictionary deemed it probably based on the German Scheißer (literally "defecator" but also used to refer to deceivers). Various false etymologies have suggested an anti-Semitic origin, possibly associated with the character of Shylock from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, but there is no clear evidence for this. One source asserts that the term originated in Philadelphia in 1843 from a disreputable attorney named "Schuster."

The Soviet nuclear missile R-5 Pobeda ("Victory") was given the NATO reporting name "Shyster."

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