Fling with hard short unscrupulous type (7)
I believe the answer is:
shyster
'unscrupulous type' is the definition.
(I know that shysters are unscrupulous people)
'fling with hard short' is the wordplay.
'fling' becomes 'shy' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'hard' becomes 'stern' (I've seen this in another clue).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'stern' with its final letter taken off is 'ster'.
'shy'+'ster'='SHYSTER'
(Other definitions for shyster that I've seen before include "Disreputable practitioner (especially lawyer)" , "Unethical man" , "Dodgy dealer" , "One using discred-itable methods" , "One who acts unprofessionally- being bashful?" .)