Word of the Day 01/01/25 Finagle
Finagle (verb)
finagle [ fi-ney-guhl ]
verb (used with object), finagled, finagling.
1. to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed 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.
verb (used without object), finagled, finagling.
3. to practice deception or fraud; scheme.
Other Words From
fi·na gler noun
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Origin: An Americanism first recorded in 1925-30; finaig- (variant of fainaigue ) + -le
Example Sentences
His abortive proposal to finagle nominees into office without Senate confirmation alienated legislators whose help he will need over the next four years.
From Los Angeles Times
But she has an ulterior motive in shrewdly finagling her way into a job at an esteemed Chicago law firm, which is revealed by the end of the hour and sets the season in motion.
From Los Angeles Times
He finagled it so that he ran the leg that passed right in front of his and my friend’s house on Monroe Drive.
From Salon
And, as the rookies sign, the Seahawks will have to do some finagling to get cap compliant.
From Seattle Times
Supreme Court against the Biden administration’s attempt to finagle federal law to override Idaho’s law that explicitly protects both the lives of women and their unborn children.
From Seattle Times
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
finagle [ fi-ney-guhl ]
verb (used with object), finagled, finagling.
1. to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed 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.
verb (used without object), finagled, finagling.
3. to practice deception or fraud; scheme.
Other Words From
fi·na gler noun
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: An Americanism first recorded in 1925-30; finaig- (variant of fainaigue ) + -le
Example Sentences
His abortive proposal to finagle nominees into office without Senate confirmation alienated legislators whose help he will need over the next four years.
From Los Angeles Times
But she has an ulterior motive in shrewdly finagling her way into a job at an esteemed Chicago law firm, which is revealed by the end of the hour and sets the season in motion.
From Los Angeles Times
He finagled it so that he ran the leg that passed right in front of his and my friend’s house on Monroe Drive.
From Salon
And, as the rookies sign, the Seahawks will have to do some finagling to get cap compliant.
From Seattle Times
Supreme Court against the Biden administration’s attempt to finagle federal law to override Idaho’s law that explicitly protects both the lives of women and their unborn children.
From Seattle Times
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.