finagle out of

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fi⋅na⋅gle

[fi-ney-guh

verb, -gled, -gling.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often fol. 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.

Also, fenagle.

Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; finaig- (var. of fainaigue ) + -le

Related forms:

fi⋅na⋅gler, noun

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