Definition of finagle

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fi·na·gle

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VERB:
Informal fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling, fi·na·gles
VERB:
tr.

To obtain or achieve by indirect, usually deceitful methods: finagle a day off from work.
To cheat; swindle: shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.

VERB:
intr.

To use crafty, deceitful methods.

ETYMOLOGY:
Probably from dialectal fainaigue, to cheat

OTHER FORMS:
fi·nagler(Noun)

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