1. (noun)wangle, wangling an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
2. (verb)wangle, finagle, manage achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
3. (verb)fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent tamper, with the purpose of deception "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"