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Meaning:

Noun:

  • The act of wangling

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Verb:

  • intransitive To achieve through contrivance or cajolery: "manages to wangle his way into the investigation team"[http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/28/movies/16676327&sec=movies]
  • transitive To falsify, as records
  • transitive To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods: "if a country such as China decided to wangle various concessions out of the US government"[http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/21941.html]

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