finagle

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/
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• rhymes with -eɪɡəl
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• CMU ARPABET: F IH1 N AH0 G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: F IH0 N EY1 G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue (“to renege”) with the suffix + -le (“frequentative”), possibly influenced by inveigle; compare haggle.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 騙取 /骗取 (piànqǔ) — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• Dutch: ontfutselen — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• Dutch: ritselen — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• French: intriguer — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• French: magouiller — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• French: se faire pistonner — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• German: erschleichen — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• German: ermogeln — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• Hungarian: becsap — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• Hungarian: rászed — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• Italian: fregare — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• Polish: kombinować — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• Polish: skombinować — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• Spanish: enchufar — (transitive) to obtain or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods
• Czech: podvádět — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Czech: podvést — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Dutch: foefelen — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Dutch: ritselen — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Dutch: zwendelen — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• French: escroquer — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• French: estamper — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• French: filouter — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• French: piquer — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• French: rouler — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• French: refaire — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• French: truander — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• German: mogeln — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• German: betrügen — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• German: fudeln — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• German: täuschen — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Hungarian: csal — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Italian: sottrarre — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Polish: rolować — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Polish: wyrolować — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Russian: жульничать (žulʹničatʹ) — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Spanish: hacer trampas — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Spanish: trufar — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Spanish: escamotear — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Spanish: hurtar — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Spanish: birlar — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Spanish: estafar — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Spanish: timar — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")
• Spanish: petardear — (transitive, intransitive) to cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods (often with "out of")