Definition of "wormed" []

• Affected with woodworm (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of worm. (verb)

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• ""He kind of wormed his way out of some of the family's money," Leonard said."
• "Some Bush appointees have been "wormed" into the ranks of lower-rung Federal employees whose jobs enjoy restrictive covenants on firing, thanks to collective bargaining provisions by federal employee unions."
• "The NP said in a statement it was extraordinary that the SACP should have so little confidence in support for itself that it had "wormed" its way into another party."