wangle
verb (used with object)
to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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The Stage Hands were wangling for jurisdiction over the Screen Actors.
From Time Magazine Archive
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