finagling Antonyms

Meaning of finagling

finagling

to obtain (something) by indirect or involved means, to use devious or dishonest methods to achieve one's ends, to use trickery to get what one wants, to obtain (something) by trickery

finagling Sentence Examples

  1. The politician's finagling ultimately led to their downfall.
  2. The company was caught finagling its financial records to inflate its profits.
  3. I have no idea how he managed to finagle such a good deal on that car.
  4. She's always trying to finagle her way into exclusive parties.
  5. The businessman was accused of finagling a government contract.
  6. The journalist exposed the politician's finagling in a scathing article.
  7. The employees were caught finagling their time cards to get paid for hours they didn't work.
  8. The lawyer was known for his ability to finagle his clients out of difficult situations.
  9. The teenager finagled his way into the concert by pretending to be a member of the band.
  10. The company was fined for finagling its taxes to avoid paying its fair share.

FAQs About the word finagling

to obtain (something) by indirect or involved means, to use devious or dishonest methods to achieve one's ends, to use trickery to get what one wants, to obtain

maneuvering, manipulating, engineering, arranging, plotting,negotiating, wangling, framing, finessing, managing

blowing, messing (up),fumbling, butchering, mishandling, bungling, gumming (up), mangling, botching, muffing

The politician's finagling ultimately led to their downfall.

The company was caught finagling its financial records to inflate its profits.

I have no idea how he managed to finagle such a good deal on that car.

She's always trying to finagle her way into exclusive parties.