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sheisty

Dates back to a 1850s lawyer in NYC using very ambiguous methods to obtain right in law suits. As his surname was something like Sheister a judge used "sheisty" as an adjective referring to methods that are immoral, impure, two-faced, opportunist, unreal, fake.

He's a sheisty guy. Don't use sheisty methods.

by arturelis October 18, 2004