wangle

1. V-T If you wangle something that you want, you manage to get it by being clever or persuading someone. 用計獲得[非正式]

We managed to wangle a few days' leave. 我們設法騙到了幾天的假期。

He had wangled his way into the country without a visa. 他在沒有簽証的情況下設法混入了那個國家。

I asked the captain to wangle us three tickets to Athens. 我求船長幫我們弄3張去雅典的票。

A friend at the New York office had wangled the tickets for him. 一個在紐約辦公司的朋友已經幫他弄到了幾張票。