From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wangle
n 1: an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or
trickery [syn: wangle, wangling]
v 1: achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
[syn: wangle, finagle, manage]
2: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures";
"cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge,
manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle,
misrepresent]