Finagling

Synonyms for "finagling" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

artful artifice cabal calculating chiseling collusion complicity confederacy connivance conspiracy contrivance

Noun(1 words)

connive

Strong matches (17)

covin crafty cunning deceitful false falsehearted finesseframe upfraudulent furtive game guileful indirect

Noun(4 words)

deceptive devious fudge graft

Related words (29)

insidious intrigue machination plot plotting rigging sharp shifty slippery sneaky stratagem surreptitious treacherous trick trickytwo facedunderhanded wilywire pulling

Noun(10 words)

maneuvering manipulate manipulation manipulative scheme scheming skew strategizing trickery tweak

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More general

6 entries

deceptiondescriptive adjectivemanipulationnegotiation tacticspejorative descriptorunethical conduct

More specific

16 entries

academic bribery bureaucraticbureaucratic maneuveringcontractual manipulationdevious engineer fraudfunds misappropriationgraft manipulativepolicy maneuveringpolitical scheming skew tweak

Collocations

15 entries

bureaucratic finaglingfinagle a dealfinagle a loanfinagle approvalfinagle fundingfinagle moneyfinagle the systemfinagling behaviorfinagling fundsfinagling strategiesfinagling tacticsfinancial finaglinglegal finaglingmedia finaglingpolitical finagling

Inflections

5 entries

finagled finagles finaglingsmore finaglingmost finagling

Derivations

6 entries

finagery finagle finagled finagler finagles finaglingly

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

No amount of finagling can get this law to pass the "undue burden" test.

Source: wiktionary

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