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finagle

[ fi-ney-guhl ]

verb (used with object)

finagled, finagling.
  1. to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of ):

    He finagled the backers out of a fortune.

  2. to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation:

    to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.



verb (used without object)

finagled, finagling.
  1. to practice deception or fraud; scheme.

finagle

/ ɪˈԱɪɡə /

verb

  1. tr to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; wangle
  2. to use trickery or craftiness on (a person)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ھˈԲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ھ·Բg noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of finagle1

An Americanism first recorded in 1925–30; finaig- (variant of fainaigue ) + -le
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of finagle1

C20: probably changed from dialect fainaigue
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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.

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His abortive proposal to finagle nominees into office without Senate confirmation alienated legislators whose help he will need over the next four years.

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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.

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He finagled it so that he ran the leg that passed right in front of his and my friend’s house on Monroe Drive.

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And, as the rookies sign, the Seahawks will have to do some finagling to get cap compliant.

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