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wan·gle

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l] Pronunciation Key verb, -gled, -gling, noun

–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 Audio Help   (wāng'gəl) Pronunciation Key
v.   wan·gled, wan·gling, wan·gles Informal

v.   tr.

To make, achieve, or get by contrivance: wangled a job for which she had no training.
To manipulate or juggle, especially fraudulently.
To extricate (oneself) from difficulty.

v. intr.

To use indirect, tricky, or fraudulent methods.
To extricate oneself by subtle or indirect means, as from difficulty; wriggle.

[Origin unknown.]

wang'le n., wang'ler n.

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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.

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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]

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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.

Arabic:	يَنال بِحيلَه
Chinese (Simplified):	行骗
Chinese (Traditional):	行騙
Czech:	vyšvindlovat
Danish:	mingelere
Dutch:	fiksen
Estonian:	sahkerdama
Finnish:	keplotella
French:	(se) débrouiller (pour avoir)
German:	deichseln
Greek:	καταφέρνω με πονηριά
Hungarian:	kiügyeskedik (vmit)
Icelandic:	fá (e-ð) með brögðum
Indonesian:	mendapatkan dengan licik
Italian:	procurarsi, rimediare

Japanese:	せしめる
Korean:	(책략·음모 등으로) …을 손에 넣다
Latvian:	izmānīt; dabūt gatavu
Lithuanian:	sukombinuoti
Norwegian:	fikse, ordne, lure seg til
Polish:	wyłudzić, wycyganić
Portuguese (Brazil):	arranjar-se
Portuguese (Portugal):	arranjar-se
Romanian:	a obţine (pe căi necinstite)
Russian:	заполучить хитростью; ухитриться
Slovak:	podvodom získať
Slovenian:	izvesti z zvijačo
Spanish:	arreglárselas (para), agenciarse, apañárselas (para)
Swedish:	lyckas sno åt sig, mygla till sig
Turkish:	hileyle elde etmek

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