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wangling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wangle |
| Type of | contrivance, dodge, stratagem |
| Derivation | wangle |
Examples of wangling
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Buy tickets well in advance or expect to pay a fortune via wangling concierges.
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Their entries also took much wangling, but once inside the country they encountered only minor harassment.
From the time.com
He claimed much of the credit for wangling the original sugar-beet quota from the Department of Agriculture in 1964.
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It is a program that President Bush has pushed for years, wangling $15 billion out of Congress five years ago.
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Kirschenbaum, wangling her way in.
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After wangling an entry into Scotland Yard, she persuades detectives to scour a rubbish site for a victim she believes has gone undetected.
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After wangling an invitation to visit the Hearst estate, she boasted that she had entered through the front door, implying that quality respected quality.
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On the strength of it, after wangling a $400 grant from the government for a year in Italy, he headed south with his wife and small son.
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Painter Andrew Wyeth, for instance, was badgered by his 17-year-old son into wangling a ticket, admits he would have gone along himself if he could have found a pair.
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- An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
- Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
- Fudge: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
- Wu00E4ngle is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Its St. Martin church contains many frescoes and paintings by Paul Zeiler.
- The act of wangling; To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods: "if a country such as China decided to wangle various concessions out of the US government"[1]; To falsify, as records; To achieve through contrivance or cajolery: "manages to wangle his way into the investigation team"[2]
- To bring about by underhand methods, as to scheme, contrive, or manipulate for dishonest ends; to falsify or finagle, deceive or intrigue, as to "wangle a promotion" or "wangle a transfer". ...
- (v) - bring about by manipulation
