finagle

Meaning

1. To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
2. To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
3. To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

Synonyms

wangle

bamboozle

hoodwink

bilk

trick

manipulate

dupe

con

manage

maneuver

falsify

fake

fiddle

deceive

cheat

double-cross

gull

pilfer

racketeer

rook

screw

shark

🦈

short-change

snitch

swindle

take in

victimize

wheedle

whipsaw

play tricks

flim-flam

bluff

cajole

chisel

coax

cozen

defraud

elbow

engineer

gip

goldbrick

gouge

gyp

hoax

ingratiate

insinuate

mulct

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/

Etymology

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