finagler
- a word derived from finagle.
Example Sentences
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Schiff’s signature moment came with the prosecution of Richard Miller, an incompetent finagler who also happened to be an FBI agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2020
In the 1975 film “Three Days of the Condor” he played another sinister figure — an amoral finagler for a federal spy agency — and got more good notices.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2011
Counterposed to him is Sir Charles Considine, a finagler who is trying to worm his way into Armitage's business.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the fact that there was a court and other such amenities, along with a clientele of celebrity convicts like Wall Street finagler Ivan Boesky and Watergate culprit H.R.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Without his gifts as a bureaucratic finagler, the shows just wouldn’t have got on. I owe him much. Leave it at that.”
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
