finagle

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  1. transitive verb To obtain or achieve by indirect, usually deceitful methods: finagle a day off from work.
  2. transitive verb To cheat; swindle: shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.
  3. intransitive verb To use crafty, deceitful methods.

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  1. Probably from dialectal fainaigue, to cheat.
 

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