SAT vocabulary
Finagle
to achieve or arrange something by means of trickery or manipulation; to obtain by indirect or illicit means
Example
"He managed to finagle a ticket to the sold-out concert through a friend of a friend."
Etymology
Origin uncertain, possibly from an earlier dialectal word meaning 'to cheat'. First recorded in the early 20th century.
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