finagle

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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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/fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/

Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue (“to renege”) with the suffix + -le (“frequentative”), possibly influenced by inveigle; compare haggle.

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