finagle
2 synonyms for finagle, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — (informal) To get or arrange something through a roundabout or complicated method.
Synonyms
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Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue (“to renege”) with the suffix + -le (“frequentative”), possibly influenced by inveigle; compare haggle.
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