What is another word for finagle ?

To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated or intensive efforts

contrive

engineer

participate in a conspiracy

organize^US

organise^UK

frame up

take part in a conspiracy

draft^US

draught^UK

have the bright idea of

mobilize^US

mobilise^UK

mould^UK

mold^US

marshal^UK

marshall^US

programme^UK

program^US

standardize^US

rationalize^US

rationalise^UK

standardise^UK

make arrangements for

fulfill^US

fulfil^UK

categorize^US

make up off the top of one's head

weigh

inaugurate

realise^UK

realize^US

visualize^US

visualise^UK

systematise^UK

categorise^UK

systematize^US

twist round one's little finger

turn to one's advantage

make preparations for

make financial arrangements

lay the foundations of

crystallise^UK

crystallize^US

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“The sole thing that is going to make this bearable is for me to finagle my way onto his ordination committee.”

Verb

pull the wool over someone's eyes

To use underhanded methods to achieve a goal

victimize^US

victimise^UK

lead up the garden path

outmaneuver^US

give someone a bum steer

sell a bill of goods to

set up

run a game on

do someone in the eye

throw dust in someone's eyes

lead down the garden path

twist around your little finger

put on the wrong track

catch out

two-time

send on a wild goose chase

give the wrong impression

give wrong information to

worm one's way out of

beat around the bush

slip something over on

send on a wild-goose chase

play a practical joke on

terrorize^US

play fast and loose with

split

give the runaround

terrorise^UK

be economical with the truth

lie through one's teeth

tell a terminological inexactitude

concoct a story

be forsworn

depart from the truth

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“The sneaky car salesman had tried to finagle his clients out of lots of money.”

Verb

bring pressure to bear on

To convince or manipulate

pressurise^UK

pressurize^US

color^US

colour^UK

suborn

turn

bring pressure to bear upon

carry weight with

cut any ice with

make yourself felt with

mould^UK

mold^US

program^US

give someone a backhander

give someone a sweetener

make willing

drill

proselytize^US

programme^UK

instill^US

proselytise^UK

instil^UK

bring round to the idea of

give an inducement to

make someone see the light

show someone the error of their ways

show one the error of their ways

gain one's confidence

dispel someone's doubts

make you of a mind to

put mind at ease

demonstrate to

cause to feel certain

reason someone into believing

dispel doubt

put someone's mind at rest

radicalize^US

flavour^UK

flavor^US

pressure someone into

radicalise^UK

secure someone's support

twist round one's little finger

turn to one's advantage

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Verb

To manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair or unscrupulous

outmaneuver^US

exploit a loophole in

find a loophole in

Verb

To impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on

Verb

To manipulate or tamper with something, typically with nefarious intentions

color^US

colour^UK

predetermine the result of

stack the deck

buy off

pull strings

prearrange the result of

dramatize^US

dramatise^UK

make a mountain out of a molehill

emphasize^US

emphasise^UK

romanticize^US

romanticise^UK

make up

blow out of proportion

blow up

blow up out of all proportion

make too much of something

make a federal case of

stretch the truth

give a false account of

make a production out of

make a big thing out of

blow up out of proportion

put the wrong slant on

mold^US

mould^UK

give a false impression of

make a mountain out of

exaggerate information

give a false picture of

phony^US

phoney^UK

create out of thin air

lay it on with a trowel

blow something out of all proportion

lay it on with a shovel

lay it on thick about

big up

lay it on with a trowel about

make a drama out of a crisis

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