- wangle
- wangle [waŋ′gəl]vt.wangled, wangling [altered < ? WAGGLE] Informal1. to get, make, or bring about by persuasion, influence, adroit manipulation, contrivance, etc.2. to manipulate or change (statistics, accounts, etc.) for a selfish or dishonest purpose; falsify; juggle3. to wiggle or wrigglevi.Informal1. to make use of contrivance, adroit manipulation, or tricky and indirect methods in order to achieve one's aims2. to wriggle, as out of a difficult situationwanglern.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.