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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator..
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.
Use wheeler-dealer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wheeler-dealer means (informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator..
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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.
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