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Definition of finagle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

finagle

verb

NAmE//fɪˈneɪɡl//

[transitive, intransitive] finagle (something) (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they finagle

he / she / it finagles

past simple finagled

-ing form finagling

to behave dishonestly or to obtain something in an indirect or dishonest way He finagled some tickets for tonight's big game.

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