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Shyster

1. A crook or a con man who tries to sell inferior goods or to cheat customers.

2. A corrupt lawyer or politician.
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La 13e Surete urbaine de la wilaya d'Oran vient de mettre fin aux activites funestes d'un dangereux charlatan, age de 50 ans.
"I'm a total charlatan. I shouldn't be standing here at all.
'If he knew that I was putting it all on for some charlatan, cynical, public relations purpose, He would be very hard on me on the day of judgement.' And, be adds, all through history high profile converts have had to cope with cynicism.
It was Petrouchka (with, besides Gagliardi, Boutot's Ballerina, Yeruult Rinchindorj's Moor and Jean-Jacques Herment's Charlatan) that gave the strongest inkling of how potent the Diaghilev repertory can be.
ALBANIA boss Christian Panucci has demanded PS90,000 in damages from the country's former president after being dubbed a "charlatan".
Greene discovered the charlatan catkin while studying insect-eating birds.
O'Neill took his time to respond but following his appointment as Republic of Ireland boss earlier this week, he dismissed Di Canio's barbs and labelled the Italian a "managerial charlatan".
Magiere is a professional charlatan. bilking superstitious villagers by pretending to slay vampires.
Rock singer Tim Burgess of The Charlatans has a new book published in the winter.
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