[{"word":"finagling","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"finagle a day off work"},{"definition":"To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught"},{"definition":"To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with \"out of\" preceding the object)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"...shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of cheating or swindling","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finagle","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finagling"]}]