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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
/ ɪˈԱɪɡə /
verb
- tr to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; wangle
- to use trickery or craftiness on (a person)
Derived Forms
- ھˈԲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ھ·Բg noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of finagle1
Example Sentences
Instead, the director, Dito Montiel, puts the focus on three clashing families finagling to ensure their loved ones survive a very violent New Year’s Eve.
His abortive proposal to finagle nominees into office without Senate confirmation alienated legislators whose help he will need over the next four years.
But she has an ulterior motive in shrewdly finagling her way into a job at an esteemed Chicago law firm, which is revealed by the end of the hour and sets the season in motion.
He finagled it so that he ran the leg that passed right in front of his and my friend’s house on Monroe Drive.
And, as the rookies sign, the Seahawks will have to do some finagling to get cap compliant.
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