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Meanings of wangle in inglês

português
falsificar
espanhol
desfigurar

Tamper, with the purpose of deception.

Related terms
falsificar
português
atingir
catalão
compondre-se-les
espanhol
manipular

Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods.

atingir
catalão
estratagema
espanhol
trampa

An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery.

estratagema
Usage of wangle in inglês
1
The D.C. deserves a first-class Birthday Honour-andmay possibly wangle an O.B.E.!
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
2
Mariaan tries to wangle her way out of a sticky situation.
The South African
3
On 13 I had to wangle a little shot out there.
The South African
4
Could I manage to wangle my way into Jurmain's presence?
206 Bones
5
No amount of cajoling could wangle further information from him.
Spider bones: a novel
6
That helped AMC wangle cut-price admission into European movie screening.
Reuters
7
OK, so supposing I manage to wangle an invite, what do I need to know?
BBC
8
When he graduated from NYU, Kramer managed to wangle an internship in the movie industry.
The Irish Times
9
Even Marapper had managed to wangle his way in.
Non-Stop
10
You married your master; how did you wangle that?
Venus In Copper
11
We're trying to wangle a screencap out of Marvel.
Wired
12
The men keep an eye on the watches and "wangle" for the last second.
A Yankee in the Trenches
13
As luck would have it, I did wangle an invitation to the ambassador's party, just last week.
The Guardian
14
I guess we'd best wangle ourselves off!
A harum-scarum schoolgirl
15
Taylor suggests building contacts, perhaps trying family friends -and trying to wangle a 20-minutemeet with someone.
The Guardian
16
It had been sold all those years ago, so it was doubtful she could wangle her way inside.
Public secrets