"wheeler-dealer" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the original context of betting and casino, one chancing his luck and skill and perhaps his ability to cheat.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990 November 26, Ed Magnuson, Hays Gorey, “You Sold Your Office”, in Time:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator."
      ],
      "id": "en-wheeler-dealer-en-noun-VNmuF6aq",
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        [
          "shrewd",
          "shrewd"
        ],
        [
          "commercial",
          "commercial"
        ],
        [
          "schemer",
          "schemer"
        ],
        [
          "unscrupulous",
          "unscrupulous"
        ],
        [
          "hustler",
          "hustler"
        ],
        [
          "shady",
          "shady"
        ],
        [
          "operator",
          "operator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "wheel and deal"
        },
        {
          "word": "wheeler-dealing"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "krejler"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "word": "puliveivari"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "affairiste"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Geschäftemacher"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Geschäftemacherin"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'askunah",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "עַסְקוּנָה"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "word": "faccendiere"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "intrallazzatore"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "macchinatore"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "maxinátor",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "махина́тор"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chueco"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wheeler-dealer"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From the original context of betting and casino, one chancing his luck and skill and perhaps his ability to cheat.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wheeler-dealers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "wheeler-dealer (plural wheeler-dealers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wheel and deal"
    },
    {
      "word": "wheeler-dealing"
    }
  ],
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        "English rhyming phrases",
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        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:People"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990 November 26, Ed Magnuson, Hays Gorey, “You Sold Your Office”, in Time:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shrewd",
          "shrewd"
        ],
        [
          "commercial",
          "commercial"
        ],
        [
          "schemer",
          "schemer"
        ],
        [
          "unscrupulous",
          "unscrupulous"
        ],
        [
          "hustler",
          "hustler"
        ],
        [
          "shady",
          "shady"
        ],
        [
          "operator",
          "operator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krejler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "word": "puliveivari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affairiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geschäftemacher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Geschäftemacherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'askunah",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עַסְקוּנָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "word": "faccendiere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "intrallazzatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "macchinatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "maxinátor",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "махина́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "political or commercial schemer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chueco"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wheeler-dealer"
}