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fi·na·gle Listen to audio/fəˈneɪgəl/ verb
fi·na·gles; fi·na·gled; fi·na·gling
[+ obj] informal 1 : to get (something) in a clever or dishonest way
He finagled an invitation to the conference by claiming to be a reporter. = He finagled his way into the conference by claiming to be a reporter.
2 : to trick (someone) in order to get something
A con man finagled my neighbor out of four hundred dollars.
— fi·na·gler Listen to audio /fəˈneɪglɚ/ noun, plural fi·na·glers [count]

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