wangle

(wăng'gəl)

v. Informal, -gled, -gling, -gles.

v.tr.

1. To make, achieve, or get by contrivance: wangled a job for which she had no training.
2. To manipulate or juggle, especially fraudulently.
3. To extricate (oneself) from difficulty.

v.intr.

1. To use indirect, tricky, or fraudulent methods.
2. To extricate oneself by subtle or indirect means, as from difficulty; wriggle.

[Origin unknown.]

wangle wang'le n.
wangler wang'ler n.

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verb

To make, achieve, or get through contrivance or guile: engineer, finesse, worm. Informal finagle. See get/lose, make/unmake.

verb trans
verb trans

1: To obtain by devious means. (1888 —) .
P. Wyndham Lewis In the last war like yourself I joined the army, instead of wangling myself into some safe job in London (1942). noun

2: An act of wangling. (1915 —) .
P. Dickinson I worked a wangle. I got a line on the Minister of Tourism (1977).

[Origin unknown.]

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• Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - wangle: (vb) obtain by underhanded methods; manipulate for fraudulent ends

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - opnå, skaffe sig, få arrangeret
v. intr. - svindle med
n. - kneb

Nederlands (Dutch)
verkrijgen door handigheid of oneerlijkheid, versieren, knoeien met, vervalsen, manipuleren, knoeierij

Français (French)
v. tr. - se débrouiller pour avoir, carotter, resquiller, réussir à obtenir, soutirer, persuader qn (de faire), truquer (des comptes)
v. intr. - se faufiler
n. - combine

Deutsch (German)
v. - durch eine Kniff erreichen, fälschen
n. - Kniff, Schwindel

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταφέρνω/εξασφαλίζω με πονηριά
n. - κόλπο, κομπίνα, ρουσφέτι

Italiano (Italian)
procurarsi, intrigo, maneggio, traffico

Português (Portuguese)
v. - arranjar
n. - arranjo (m)

Русский (Russian)
хитрость, добиваться чего-л. обманным путем, вертеться, выкручиваться (из затруднений)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - menear, cazar, conseguir con artimañas, manipular, falsificar
v. intr. - serpentear, desenredarse, recurrir a engañifas
n. - treta, truco, chanchullo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lura till sig, fuska ihop
n. - knep

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
挤出, 虚饰, 哄骗, 设法脱身, 使诡计, 假造

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 擠出, 虛飾, 哄騙
v. intr. - 設法脫身, 使詭計
n. - 哄騙, 假造

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 책략으로 손에 넣다, 흔들다, 그럭저럭 벗어나게 하다
v. intr. - 빠져 나가다, 임시 변통의 방편을 쓰다, 잔재주를 부리다
n. - 용케 손에 넣음, 교활한 책략

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - うまくせしめる, だまして…させる, うまく切り抜ける, うまく手に入れる, 振る
n. - うまくせしめること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتخلص من ورطه, يحتال, يتلاعب ب, يقنع شخص بأساليب خادعه (الاسم) التخلص, التلاعب, التزوير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השיג בתחבולה, זייף דו"ח וכו', סחט, שידל, רימה, פיתה, נחלץ מקושי‬
v. intr. - ‮השיג בתחבולה, זייף דו"ח וכו'‬
n. - ‮תחבולה, שידול, פיתוי‬

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