finagling


fi·na·gle

F0124200 (fə-nā′gəl)v. fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling, fi·na·gles v.tr.1. To obtain or achieve by cleverness or deceit, especially in persuading someone: finagle a day off from work; finagled a reservation at the popular restaurant.2. To cheat; swindle: shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.v.intr. To use clever or deceitful means to obtain or achieve something.
[Probably from dialectal fainaigue, to cheat.]
fi·na′gler n.

finagling

(fɪˈneɪɡlɪŋ) nthe use of trickery or craftiness to achieve one's aims