finagle

🇺🇸 /fɪˈneɪɡl/ 🇬🇧 /fɪˈneɪɡl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

To get something by using tricks or manipulation, often in a way that is not completely honest.

She managed to finagle an invitation to the exclusive party by pretending to be a friend of the host.

translation

v. To get something by using tricks or manipulation, often in a way that is not completely honest.

Word Forms

3rd Present finagles
Past finagled
Perfect finagled
Progressive finagling