finagle
or fe·na·gle
[ fi-ney-guh l ]
/ fɪˈneɪ gəl /
verb (used with object), fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling.
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.
verb (used without object), fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling.
to practice deception or fraud; scheme.
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OTHER WORDS FROM finagle
fi·na·gler, nounWords nearby finagle
fin whale, fin-footed, fin., fin. sec., finable, finagle, final, final cause, final cut, final four, final host
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British Dictionary definitions for finagle
finagle
/ (fɪˈneɪɡəl) /
verb informal
(tr) to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; wangle
to use trickery or craftiness on (a person)
Derived forms of finagle
finagler, nounWord Origin for finagle
C20: probably changed from dialect fainaigue
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