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escamotear — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.

Senses

escamotear is used for these senses in English:

  • finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
  • squirrel away (informal, transitive) To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply.

finagle — full definition

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

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