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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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Finagle
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| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
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Example Sentences
- It gives owners and general managers a legal excuse not to finagle.
- So, adjuncts might consider trying to finagle the perks in this category from outside sources.
- Finagle the laws to get oneself elected permanently.
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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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Slang Dictionary
finagle definition[fɪˈneglæ] and [fəˈnɪglæ]and fanigle
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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