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WANGLE
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
Etymology
Verb
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"
Noun
wangle (plural wangles)
The act of wangling
Source: Wiktionary
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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