Finagler (Noun)
Meaning
A deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The smooth-talking salesman was known as a finagler who would stop at nothing to get people to buy his questionable products.
- After several business deals went sour, the community began to view the charismatic entrepreneur as a finagler who had been deceiving investors all along.
- Her rival in the cutthroat corporate world was a master finagler who had built her career on stepping on others to get ahead.
- As a seasoned detective, he had seen his fair share of finaglers, but the one they had arrested last week was particularly skilled at talking his way out of trouble.
- Despite his silver tongue, the finagler was eventually exposed when several former clients came forward with allegations of his shady business practices.