Worse, the area attracted rather a lot of shady characters.

She describes her father as a bit of a shady character from Brooklyn.

"An educated customer will not work with the shady characters."

For all you know he might be a very shady character.'

No other party in Germany came near to attracting so many shady characters.

If only half of what we suspect is true, then we're dealing with some pretty shady characters.

Who knew where those shady characters actually came from.

Shady characters came from all parts of the land, and usually failed to announce themselves.

Both men put their good reputations on the line for some obviously shady characters.

"You've got to deal with all sorts of shady characters in the park.

Into the club come all kinds of adventurous, shady characters.

He falls in with a shady character who promises easy treasure.

Shares a study with Price, a shady character who often leads him into bad habits.

Nathan gets involved with some shady characters after him and Haley start having money problems.

Shady characters try to talk their way into buildings.

He divorced Mabel, ran out on his family, and became a shady character.

And talked about being in debt to unmistakably shady characters.

"Granted, they've been clean for a number of years, but they were still shady characters.

But it's common knowledge he numbers several more than shady characters among his friends and informers.

Sometimes he would be in rooming houses where shady characters lived.

Freddie lived by his wits and he was involved with many shady characters.

Pretty surprising, because Fred is such a shady character.

As a shady character, he has an exceptionally heavy chiaroscuro on his face.

Between each of the segments, a shady character is seen to be casing the shop.

One of those shady characters upon whom the law had pinned nothing; yet who never stood above suspicion.