English▸ verb [with object] manage to obtain (something) by persuading or cleverly manipulating someone:
I wangled an invitation to her party
I think we should be able to wangle it so that you can start tomorrow.
▸ noun an act or an instance of obtaining something by persuasion or clever manipulation:
a rather clever wangle on the part of some of the folk at the office.
– ORIGIN late 19th century (first recorded as printers' slang): of unknown origin; perhaps based on the verb waggle.