English Dictionary

wheeler-dealer

名詞

くだけた表現

(informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator.

日本語の意味

抜け目のない政治家または実業家（裏取引や不正な取引を行う者） / 策略家、詐欺師、またはずる賢い交渉人 / 不正な手段を用いる商人、悪徳なビジネスマン

The wheeler-dealer in the mayor's office quietly steered the lucrative contract to a company owned by his friends.

市長室のずる賢いやり手が利益の大きい契約を密かに彼の友人が所有する会社に回した。

意味（1）

(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.

wheeler-dealers （ plural ）