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
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪɡəl
[edit] Verb
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to finagle (third-person singular simple present finagles, present participle finagling, simple past and past participle finagled)
- (transitive) To obtain, arrange or achieve by indirect, usually deceitful methods
- ...finagle a day off from work.
- (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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[edit] Translations
(transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect, usually deceitful methods
(intransitive) to cheat; swindle; use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
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