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finagle

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fi·na·gle  (f-ngl)
v. fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling, fi·na·gles Informal
v.tr.
1. To obtain or achieve by indirect, usually deceitful methods: finagle a day off from work.
2. To cheat; swindle: shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.
v.intr.
To use crafty, deceitful methods.
[Probably from dialectal fainaigue, to cheat.]
fi·nagler n.
finagle [fin-nay-gl]
Verb
[-gling, -gled] Informal to use or achieve by craftiness or trickery [origin unknown]
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Verb1.finaglefinagle - achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
wangle, manage
achieve, attain, accomplish, reach - to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
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Saying all will be better, they just finagle more dollars from the worker bees to throw at the problems.
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Susan Milord: Three about Thurston by Carter, Betty / The Horn Book Magazine
People pray to Father Vidicon, who they want to make a saint, to help them when Finagles General Principle operates in their lives.
Saint Vidicon to the Rescue by MBR Bookwatch
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