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finagle

verbCommon GRE wordMore F words

to obtain or arrange something by dishonest or devious means

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Finagle in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing finagle in a sentence.

He managed to finagle a front-row seat by name-dropping a producer he had never met.

Synonyms
wanglemanipulatescheme
Antonyms

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Common questions

Questions about “finagle

Finagle (verb) means to obtain or arrange something by dishonest or devious means
Here is finagle used in an example sentence: "He managed to finagle a front-row seat by name-dropping a producer he had never met."
Common synonyms for finagle include wangle, manipulate, scheme.
Finagle is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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