Definition of "finagle" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.

   • finagle a day off work

2. (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.

   • finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught

3. (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

   • shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.