finagle

IPA: fˈɪnʌgʌɫ

(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
(transitive, intransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

Examples of "finagle" in Sentences

He could always finagle his way out of the tightest corners.
It's probably best to finagle a friendship with a magician so you can forgo the food.
He managed to finagle quite a few beers out of the flight attendants, and the stories got better as the flight progressed.
Nick Clegg and the Foreign Office, helped by sympathetic, economically liberal member states, may somehow finagle Britain back into the game.
As it turns out, I had to jump on the bus today with a large piece of iron work because it wouldn't fit in our car no matter how I tried to finagle it.
Some consumers say they can finagle long-term extensions of special promotional rates used to attract new subscribers that normally expire after a year or two.
Meanwhile for us tourists, our savvy Egyptian guides finagle a police escort that evening across the bridge, and we walk the rest of the way to the haven of our Western hotel.
She said she intends to maintain her 6 a.m.-to-6 p.m. vigil for at least three weeks of the trial's expected five-week duration—and perhaps longer if she can finagle more vacation time from the electronics firm where she works as a marketing assistant.