finagle

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Definition of finagle in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of finagle in English English dictionary

To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods

finagle a day off from work.

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

shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.

To cheat; swindle; use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")"

achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

{f} (Slang) cheat, defraud, use cunning; acquire through fraud

To obtain or achieve by indirect, usually deceitful methods

to obtain something that is difficult to get by using unusual or unfair methods (fainaigue )

Related Terms

Finagle's law

An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will at the worst possible moment

finagling

the act of cheating or swindling

finagled

past of finagle

finagler

A person who finagles; a cheat or swindler

finagler

a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods

finagler

{i} deceiver, cheater, one who obtains things through deception

finagles

third-person singular of finagle

finagling

present participle of finagle

Hyphenation

fi·na·gle

Turkish pronunciation

fîneygıl

Synonyms

cheat, contrive, deceive, manipulate, plot, scheme, swindle, trick, wheel and deal

Pronunciation

/fəˈnāgəl/ /fɪˈneɪɡəl/

Etymology

() Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue (“to renege”) with the suffix +‎ -le (“frequentive”);“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 compare haggle.

Tenses

finagles, finagling, finagled