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单词 finagle
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
fi•na•gle /fɪˈneɪgəl/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -gled, -gling. 
  1. to get or achieve (something) by guile or trickery:to finagle an invitation.
fi•na•gler, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fi•na•gle  (fi nāgəl),USA pronunciation v., -gled, -gling. 
v.t. 
  1. to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often fol. by out of ):He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
  2. to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation:to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.

v.i. 
  1. to practice deception or fraud;
    scheme.
Also, fenagle. 
  • finaig- (variant of fainaigue) + -le 1925–30, American.
fi•nagler, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
finagle /fɪˈneɪɡəl/ vb informal
  1. (transitive) to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; wangle
  2. to use trickery or craftiness on (a person)
Etymology: 20th Century: probably changed from dialect fainaigue

fiˈnagler n
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