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shady past
shady past
A dubious, suspicious, or potentially immoral or illegal past history. Investigators have begun looking into the shady past of the bankrupt company's CEO. I don't know, John, I wouldn't go out with a guy who has a shady past like that.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Root | | [ru:t] | |
| Efthymia | | - | Greek |
| Dominika | | daw-mee-NEE-kah (Polish) | Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Russian, Polish |
| Brita | | BRIT-ah (Swedish), BREE-tah (Finnish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish |
| Hersh | | - | Yiddish |
| Pallas (2) | | - | Greek Mythology |