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finagle

fi·na·gle [ fi náyg'l ] (past and past participle fi·na·gled, present participle fi·na·gling, 3rd person present singular fi·na·gles)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
get something by trickery: to trick, cheat, or manipulate somebody in order to obtain or achieve something ( informal )
He finagled his way out of the difficulty.

[Early 20th century. Origin ?]

fi·na·gler noun
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