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wangle


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Definition:
n 1: an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
v 1: achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
2: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, misrepresent]

Princeton University. WordNet (2006) https://wordnet.princeton.edu/

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He can wangle figures until the best chartered accountant in the country wouldn't know if he was on his head or his heels!

Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None. p.185 (1939)
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DIMINISHED DIGITS PROVE TOO TITILLATING FOR FRISKY FRUMPS. ANNE WIMBLES, FLO WANGLES—YET CAN YOU BLAME THEM?

James Joyce. Ulysses
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