wangle
- noun
- /ˈwæŋɡəl/
- UK
:
artimaña
- He managed a financial wangle to avoid paying the full taxes owed on his income.
Examples
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Her successful wangle to get out of the meeting impressed her colleagues.
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Did 'off the cuff' mean something like 'off the books' -- a financial wangle to keep some expenditure hidden?
Blog text (29) -
The politician's wangle allowed him to win votes without revealing his true intentions.
Synonyms
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2.6
A smart method for doing or remembering something
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7.7
A clever trick to deceive someone
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4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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2.8
An act of dishonesty that gives someone an unfair advantage
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8.9
A trick used to deceive someone to get what you want
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7.8
Clever but dishonest way of acting that tricks people
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9.3
Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
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Making facts or numbers seem better than they are
Getting something by clever or dishonest tricks
A clever but dishonest plan to gain an advantage
Tricky or dishonest actions used to confuse people and gain advantage
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
Trickery to cheat people out of money
Antonyms
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wangle as a noun comes from the same idea: like the 'catch' you make when you angle, a wangle is a clever or sneaky 'trick' or method someone used to get something.