wheeler-dealer
Definitions
A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator.
Equivalents
7 more languages
Bosanskiafaristički
Suomipuliveivari
Hrvatskiafaristički
Русскиймахина́тор
Српскиafaristički
Українськакомбінатор
Examples
“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.”
“It is illegal to buy⟳ and sell⟳ this sort⟳ of item, he says, but not necessarily illegal to buy⟳ and sell⟳ the containers that they happen⟳ to come⟳ in. What an unexpected wheeler dealer.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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