Definition of "finagled" [finagled]

• Simple past tense and past participle of finagle. (verb)

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• "But the question of how much he finagled from the treasury while doing it is a very good one."
• "Imagine yourself taking the governorship of Virginia when you had tied in the vote with your opponent, when every ballot had been bitterly contested, and when roughly half the state might have thought that you had kind of finagled your way into office."
• "That tax break became an issue in the race for speaker, with some lawmakers arguing that it was ridiculous to claim you were making a clean break from the scandals of Richardson if you then turned around and replaced him with someone who finagled a lucrative tax deal for a powerful client."