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