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fenagle

verb

variant spelling of

transitive verb

1 : to obtain by indirect or involved means finagle a ride home

2 : to obtain by trickery finagled his way into the concert

intransitive verb

: to use devious or dishonest methods to achieve one's ends A con man finagled my neighbor out of $400.

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