wangling

Translated into prosaic English by the CHIEF SECRETARY it resolved itself into the case of a farmer who had deliberately divested himself of his property in the hope of "wangling" five shillings a week out of the Treasury.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 31, 1917 Various

As we had, by the process known in the army as "wangling," acquired sufficient tents and marquees for

With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett

After the issue we were split up into four lots for the four companies of the battalion, and after some "wangling" I got into

A Yankee in the Trenches Robert Derby Holmes

With Mr. Dominy's wangling, the proposed high-rise was authorized as a dam.

Floyd E. Dominy, 100; bureaucrat helped build dams 2010

With Mr. Dominy's wangling, the proposed high-rise was authorized as a dam.

Floyd E. Dominy, 100; bureaucrat helped build dams 2010

Writing to Air Marshal Richard Peck, the assistant chief of the Air Staff in London, he chummily dramatized his time in Hollywood, taking personal credit for “wangling the script” into the Disney Studios and boasting about the imminent book release, which he claimed was likely to sell half a million copies and thereby greatly benefit the RAF Benevolent Fund.

Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

So, one beautiful September morning I left Srinagar, the capital of J&K, wangling a ride with an Army Signals major in his jeep proceeding to Leh as a part of an Army convoy, the then district headquarters of Ladakh.

Kargil - as I remember it 2009

So, one beautiful September morning I left Srinagar, the capital of J&K, wangling a ride with an Army Signals major in his jeep proceeding to Leh as a part of an Army convoy, the then district headquarters of Ladakh.

Kargil - as I remember it 2009

Check out "How To Renegotiate Your Lease" for more on wangling a better rate on your office lease.

All The Ways Your Laziness Is Costing You 2009

Counsel Alberto Gonzalez from wangling a signature from the heavily-sedated patient to re-authorize domestic eavesdropping.

Scott Atran: The Moral Failure of Our National Intelligence 2009