finagle[verb]Synonyms: engineer, machinate, maneuver, wangle
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
fi‧na‧gle /fəˈneɪɡ
əl, fɪˈneɪɡ
əl/
verb [transitive] American English informal[
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: fainaigue 'to cheat']
to obtain something that is difficult to get by using unusual or unfair methods:
How he finagled four front row seats to the game I’ll never know.—finagling noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲