wheeler-dealer

English

Etymology

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Noun

wheeler -dealer (plural wheeler-dealers)

(informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator.
- 1990 Nov. 26, Ed Magnuson and Hays Gorey, "You Sold Your Office ," Time:
  Seated at separate tables to underscore their differing levels of involvement with indicted savings and loan wheeler-dealer Charles Keating, the five were fighting to regain reputations earned in a lifetime of public service.

Related terms

wheel and deal
wheeler-dealing

Translations

political or commercial schemer

Danish: krejler c
French: affairiste (fr) m or f
German: Geschäftemacher (de) m, Geschäftemacherin f

Italian: faccendiere (it), intrallazzatore m, macchinatore (it) m
Russian: махина́тор (ru) m (maxinátor)

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