wangled

Variant of wangle

transitive verb wangled, wangling

  1. to get, make, or bring about by persuasion, influence, adroit manipulation, contrivance, etc.
  2. to manipulate or change (statistics, accounts, etc.) for a selfish or dishonest purpose; falsify; juggle
  3. to wiggle or wriggle

Origin: altered < ? waggle

intransitive verb

  1. to make use of contrivance, adroit manipulation, or tricky and indirect methods in order to achieve one's aims
  2. to wriggle, as out of a difficult situation

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