Finagled

Word FINAGLED
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Definitions and meanings of "Finagled"

What do we mean by finagled?

To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.

To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.

To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

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The word "finagled" in example sentences

But the question of how much he finagled from the treasury while doing it is a very good one. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Imagine yourself taking the governorship of Virginia when you had tied in the vote with your opponent, when every ballot had been bitterly contested, and when roughly half the state might have thought that you had kind of finagled your way into office. ❋ Unknown (2000)

So we finagled a truck to transport a diesel generator but it of course broke down on the road en route, as it ran out of fuel. ❋ MtvU (2011)

Realizing that he was in well over his head, Alwan faked an ankle injury and finagled his way out of the camp. ❋ Peter L. Bergen (2011)

Early in our research, we finagled a lunch with the CIA case officer known as Mad Dog. ❋ Catherine Collins (2011)

In the top right area are some sketches I finagled while working as editor of Shonen Jump: a sketch of Piccolo by Akira Toriyama, and a sketch of Luffy by Eiichiro Oda. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If he knew how Jane had finagled to avoid taking Miss Milhouse along. ❋ Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011)

She and her husband had also finagled tickets to Saturday's candidates' debate. ❋ Elizabeth Williamson (2012)

It was then that he discovered that his sister and brother-in-law (a cop, no less) had finagled her into signing Power of Attorney to them and had drained her of every penny of her savings and mortgaged her house (twice). ❋ Unknown (2009)

That tax break became an issue in the race for speaker, with some lawmakers arguing that it was ridiculous to claim you were making a clean break from the scandals of Richardson if you then turned around and replaced him with someone who finagled a lucrative tax deal for a powerful client. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That’s why I’ve finagled a job where I get to sit around all day making things up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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