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finagler

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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.
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Noun1.finagler - a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods
wangler
beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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And the back-room finaglers at City Hall are tinkering with an offer to split the $3 million or $4 million in tipping fees between the local community, Bernson's district and the city general funds with control in the hands of the downtown power structure.
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