finagle
/fษชหneษช.ษกษl/IPA: /F IH1 N AH0 G AH0 L/
verb
- 1
To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
โfinagle a day off workโ
- 2
To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
โfinagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraughtโ
- 3
To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
โ...shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.โ
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