Associations to the word «Wangle»

Wiktionary

WANGLE, verb. (transitive) To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods.
WANGLE, verb. (transitive) To falsify, as records.
WANGLE, verb. (intransitive) To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
WANGLE, noun. The act of wangling

Dictionary definition

WANGLE, noun. An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery.
WANGLE, verb. Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods.
WANGLE, verb. Tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope