Definition of Finagle

to acquire something by deception or scam

Examples of Finagle in a sentence

In order to finagle getting the candy from his father before dinner, the little boy explained to his dad that mom was serving dinner at a much later time.  🔊

The only way for Paul to get a better grade in his math class was for him to finagle the software program into printing the wrong grade on his report card.  🔊

It is sad that telemarketers will purposefully call elderly citizens to try to finagle them out of their money.  🔊

Since the teenager couldn’t afford to pay for his credit card payment, he decided to finagle the company by telling them that his credit card was stolen a few weeks ago.  🔊

There are many scammers on Craigslist who will try to finagle money out of you by buying your property with worthless checks.  🔊

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