finagle
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation: to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.
to practice deception or fraud; scheme.
Origin of finagle
1- Sometimes fe·na·gle .
Other words from finagle
- fi·na·gler, noun
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How to use finagle in a sentence
They happened to be shooting in my neighborhood and I finagled my way onto the set.
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I had been working in the garden and doing odd jobs around the house that afternoon and I finagled it so I was invited for supper.
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British Dictionary definitions for finagle
/ (fɪˈneɪɡəl) /
(tr) to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; wangle
to use trickery or craftiness on (a person)
Origin of finagle
1Derived forms of finagle
- finagler, noun
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