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verb (used with object)
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)
3.
to practice deception or fraud; scheme.
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Finaglers'
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Word Origin & History
finagle
1926, Amer.Eng., possibly a variant of English dial. fuinaigue "to cheat or renege" (at cards), of unknown origin. Related: Finagled; finagling.
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finagle definition[fɪˈneglæ] and [fəˈnɪglæ]and fanigle
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