finagle

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner le fait d'obtenir ou d'atteindre quelque chose par la ruse, la persuasion ou la manipulation, souvent de manière plus ou moins malhonnête ou indirecte.

A verb used to indicate obtaining or achieving something through cleverness, persuasion, or manipulation, often in a slightly dishonest or indirect way.

1. Achieve by trickeryC1informalamerican

   To obtain or achieve something through cleverness, manipulation, or dishonest methods.

   Obtenir par ruse

   • He finagled his way into the exclusive party without an invitation.
   • She finagled a discount on the car by pretending to be a student.
   • They finagled extra vacation days by exaggerating their workload.

   Synonymescontriveengineermanipulateschemewangle