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Noun: wangle  wang-gul
Usage: informal
  1. An instance of accomplishing something by clever scheming or persuasion
    - wangling
Verb: wangle  wang-gul
Usage: informal
  1. Achieve something by means of clever manipulation or persuasion
    "she wangled her way backstage to meet the performer";
    - manage
     
  2. Tamper, with the purpose of deception
    "wangle the figures";
    - fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook [informal], misrepresent, spoof [informal]
     
  3. Achieve something by means of clever manipulation or persuasion
    "She wangle her way onto the ship by impersonating a nurse";
    - finagle

Derived forms: wangling, wangled, wangles

Type of: accomplish, achieve, attain, cheat, chisel [informal], contrivance, dodge [informal], reach, stratagem

Encyclopedia: Wangle