wangle, wangling
(noun) an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
wangle, finagle, manage
(verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wangle (third-person singular simple present wangles, present participle wangling, simple past and past participle wangled)
(transitive) To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods.
• "if a country such as China decided to wangle various concessions out of the US government"
(transitive) To falsify, as records.
(intransitive) To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
• "manages to wangle his way into the investigation team"
wangle (plural wangles)
The act of wangling
Source: Wiktionary
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.