<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling.<ul><li>To trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.</li><li>To get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation: to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.</li></ul></li><li>(used without object)<ul><li>To practice deception or fraud; scheme.</li></ul></li></ul>