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wangle

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  • n  an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
  • v  achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
  • v  tamper, with the purpose of deception

  • Audaciously they even had Secretary Morgenthau wangle a bond plug from Joseph Stalin (".
  • Even if I did somehow manage to wangle one, tourists in North Korea are strictly policed.
  • To wangle the loan, which was necessary to prevent default, city and state officials were forced to take drastic actions that went against many a past promise.
News & Articles

  • Gillibrand aims to increase broadband
    (WBNG Binghamton) While Congress continues to wangle over a new Farm Bill, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing to provides rural farmers better connections.
    July 12, 2013 - WBNG Binghamton
  • Gillibrand aims to increase broadband
    (WBNG Binghamton) While Congress continues to wangle over a new Farm Bill, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing to provides rural farmers better connections.
    July 12, 2013 - WBNG Binghamton
Quotes

  • William Dalrymple in Livemint
    I think we're the only major free literature festival in the world -- you don't have to wangle any passes,said Dalrymple.
  • Colin Powell in Christian Science Monitor
    His visit created a host of unlikely images: Deng hobnobbing at a cocktail party in the National Gallery with every American capitalist CEO who could wangle an invitation; applauding John Denver and the Harlem Globetrotters at the Kennedy Center,... Orville Schell http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_Schell&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFoMHgrqBGFBMdhIeiLkw6T9jw7aw CRIENGLISH.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://english.cri.cn/2946/2008/12/19/53s434548.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFwPBY3H8knonOGP12PyxdVJtS-ng Dec 18, 2008 108816 142721 wangle In his autobiography, General Colin Powell wrote: I am angry that so many sons of the powerful and well placed and many professional athletes (who were probably healthier than any of us) managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units....

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