See wheeler-dealer on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1990 November 26, Ed Magnuson, Hays Gorey, “You Sold Your Office”, in Time:",
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"text": "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.",
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"(informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator."
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],
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"code": "he",
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