wangling

9.2

Getting something by clever or dishonest tricks

noun
/ˈwæŋɡlɪŋ/

: trampa

He managed to secure a higher salary by a little wangling during the negotiations.

Examples

Apart from the buffeting and heavy controls and general wangling about and other little things we know about... what exactly does happen to an aeroplane at the speed of sound?

The Sound Barrier (1952)
He is like a dangling wire, a broken bell-pull always "wangling."

Academic text (1990)
To get the tickets for the sold-out concert, she had to do some wangling with the promoter.
After much wangling, they finally convinced the committee to approve their project.

Synonyms

juggling

vswangling

3 5.7

Making facts or numbers seem better than they are

is about obtaining outcomes by scheming rather than altering appearances

wangle

vswangling

8.9

A clever or dishonest way to get something

is the same meaning but a different verb form

jugglery

vswangling

Archaic

9.9

Tricky or dishonest actions used to confuse people and gain advantage

is more about planning to achieve results rather than showy tricks

jiggery-pokery

vswangling

Archaic

9.9

Dishonest actions that try to trick people

focuses on gaining things through clever scheming rather than simple deceit

Antonyms

honesty

365 1.0

Being truthful and fair in what you say and do

integrity

132 4.4

Being whole and not broken, for example in a building or file

How Dishonest

fraud

577 4.0

scam

NSFW

294 3.0

wangling

9.2

ploy

85 4.9

ruse

53 7.7

Surface Forms

wangling singular

wanglings plural

Morphology

wangling = wangle (transparent) = wangle + ing

A regular nominalization from the verb 'wangle' with '-ing' indicating the act or process; meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Wangling is easiest to remember if you think of angle ('to fish' or 'to try to get something indirectly'). One helpful image is someone 'fishing' for a favour with clever or dishonest tricks, so wangling means getting something by scheming or trickery.