shifty politicians making deals to channel federal funds into their districtsshifty practices such as turning back the odometers on used cars
Recent Examples on the WebWhen Tóth arrives in the City of Brotherly Love, he’s welcomed by his cousin with open-ish arms (the shifty cousin is played by a brilliant Alessandro Nivola, whose beaming face betrays a war of attrition between loyalty and assimilation).—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024 And every man who’s ever lived is a shifty cum salesman, OK? 100%.—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 Aug. 2024 And there were some subsequent elements to the entire Watergate experience that were a little bit on the shifty side, as Washington, D.C., has a tendency to be.—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024 When she's shown doubling as a timid housemaid to a shifty burglar in a snap, our feels for this iteration of Selina Kyle went Hatha-up-and-away.—Rendy Jones, EW.com, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for shifty
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