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| 1. | to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation. |
| 2. | to falsify or manipulate for dishonest ends: to wangle business records. |
| 3. | to use contrivance, scheming, or underhand methods to obtain some goal or result. |
| 4. | to manipulate something for dishonest ends. |
| 5. | an act or instance of wangling. |
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| wan·gle
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v. wan·gled, wan·gling, wan·gles Informal v. tr.
v. intr.
[Origin unknown.] wang'le n., wang'ler n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
wangle
"obtain something by trickery," 1888, originally British printer's slang for "fake by manipulation;" perhaps an alteration of waggle, or of wankle (now dial.) "unsteady, fickle," from O.E. wancol (see wench). Brought into wider use by World War I soldiers.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| wangle | |
noun | |
| 1. | an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery |
verb | |
| 1. | achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods |
| 2. | tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
wangle [ˈwӕŋgl] verb
to obtain or achieve (something) by trickery
Example: He got us seats for the concert — I don't know how he wangled it.
Example: He got us seats for the concert — I don't know how he wangled it.
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