finagle

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue 'to renege' with the suffix -le

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Infinitive
to finagle

Third person singular
finagles

Simple past
finagled

Past participle
finagled

Present participle
finagling

to finagle (third-person singular simple present finagles, present participle finagling, simple past and past participle finagled)

  1. (transitive) To obtain, arrange or achieve by indirect, usually deceitful methods
    ...finagle a day off from work.
  2. (intransitive) To cheat; swindle; use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of" preceding the object)
    ...shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.

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