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finagle
[ fi-ney-guhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of ):
He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation:
to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.
verb (used without object)
- to practice deception or fraud; scheme.
finagle
/ fɪˈneɪɡəl /
verb
- tr to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; wangle
- to use trickery or craftiness on (a person)
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Derived Forms
- fiˈnagler, noun
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Other Words From
- fi·nagler noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of finagle1
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Example Sentences
Former Senator Bill Nelson, who was sworn in as administrator of NASA in May, finagled a junket for himself aboard a space shuttle flight in 1986, as did former Senator Jake Garn the year before.
Sanders has indicated he might get creative on finagling an indirect way to raise the minimum wage through the tax code.
And many would-be conquerors have managed to finagle bits and pieces.
Maybe he can finagle a vote before the rage caucus gets fully into gear.
And above all, don't let anybody finagle you into making any claims about knowing the future.
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