plural of finagling

present participle of finagle

The act of cheating or swindling.

simple past tense and past participle of finagle

plural of finagler

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finagle

(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. / (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.

A person who finagles; a cheat or swindler

An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will at the worst possible moment.