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wan⋅gle

  [wang-guhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
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–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
3. to use contrivance, scheming, or underhand methods to obtain some goal or result.
4. to manipulate something for dishonest ends.
–noun
5. an act or instance of wangling.
Origin:
1810–20; b. wag (the tongue) and dangle (about someone, i.e., hang around someone, court someone's favor)

Related forms:
wangler, noun

Synonyms:
1. maneuver, finagle, engineer, wheedle.
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wan·gle   (wāng'gəl)   
v.   wan·gled, wan·gling, wan·gles Informal

v.   tr.

  1. To make, achieve, or get by contrivance: wangled a job for which she had no training.

  2. To manipulate or juggle, especially fraudulently.

  3. To extricate (oneself) from difficulty.

v.   intr.

  1. To use indirect, tricky, or fraudulent methods.

  2. To extricate oneself by subtle or indirect means, as from difficulty; wriggle.


[Origin unknown.]
wang'le n., wang'ler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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
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