finagle /fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/ verb3 •To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. •To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery. •To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes. formsfinagled · finagling · finagles