Finagling

verb

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.

"finagle a day off work"

2.verbTo obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.

"finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught"

3.verbTo cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

"...shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes."

4.nounThe act of cheating or swindling

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