verb To get something by being cunning or tricking people.
- My dear old lad,” he said, briskly, “this must be remedied! Oh, positively! This must be remedied at once! I suppose my things wouldn’t fit you? No. Well, I tell you what. We’ll wangle something from my father-in-law.
— , Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1920)
- After graduation, she was hired by United Press International, which on one memorable occasion sent her to cover a show by Elvis Presley in Detroit. She wangled an invitation to the singer’s hotel room, where one thing led to another.
— William Grimes, Gael Greene, Who Shook Up Restaurant Reviewing, Dies at 88 (2022)
verb To manage to get or arrange something through clever persuasion or scheming.
- It took some effort to wangle a last-minute meeting with the CEO.
