Verb (used with object) : to wangle an invitation. ,to wangle business records.    From Dictionary.com. 

"I should have to 'wangle' a good deal more than that," -- harshly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hermit of Far End] Reference

He never did a stroke of work that he could possibly "wangle" out of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life in a Tank] Reference

Stanton might even wangle official status with pay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firestorm]

I didn't have a chance to wangle a copy of the menu.    From Wordnik.com.  [Icerigger]

Or want to try and wangle some free diving equipment.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Friends Like These...]

“No. The print man was all I could wangle downtown.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Nowhere]

I can wangle a permanent posting if events work out well.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows]

And no phone calls -- a smart attorney could wangle writs.    From Wordnik.com.  [White Jazz]

MCINTYRE: So how did you wangle this coveted position of.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2004] Reference

He came to a streamlet, and was about to wangle a drink from it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Question Quest]

A little later I wangle a visit from a maker of artificial limbs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuka Pilot]

Dalrymple told me he rather fancied he could wangle me a bungalow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919] Reference

And wangle his way into the famously corrupt Chicago party machine.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Through that contact I was able to wangle an internship with Disney.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Film to Reality TV] Reference

Might be Ah cain wangle me an actual writin 'assignment in that time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music To My Sorrow]

Who knows if she can help "upstate" or wangle money out of Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lesley Jane Seymour: Caroline Kennedy: Just Dowdy Enough For The New Depression] Reference

I do have some powers, and I can wangle a way, once I get across the pond.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alvin Journeyman]

Certainly John jnr could have tried to wangle the maternal lands to live on.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Knight, by Elizabeth Chadwick. Book review] Reference

But six weeks may not be enough to wangle the board recommendation BHP wants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Xstrata Might Pop the Question,] Reference

He would have tried to wangle an invitation from her friends at Torres Vedras.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond the Sunrise]

En route, I puzzle out a plan of campaign to wangle an early return to my Wing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuka Pilot]

"With your physique you could wangle the age limit," pursued Miles imperturbably.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hermit of Far End] Reference

By articulating their worst fear (losing customers), you can wangle huge savings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Burning Question: Can Recession Be a Bargaining Chip?] Reference

I could probably even wangle an appearance on the Springer show, or on Ricki Lake.    From Wordnik.com.  [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference

No Englishman ever stops at a hotel if he can wangle board and room from somebody.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear Carl] Reference

He's got to wangle through Congress the billion-odd dollars for your Gemini program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Space]

Deutsch also is using its research to help wangle invitations to pitch for new business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Industry Races to Rev Up Revenue] Reference

He knows the captains of all the ships that call here, and he can wangle anything with them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maigret in Holland]

I had a specially bad one, and managed with great skill to wangle a fortnight's sick leave in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fanny Goes to War] Reference

Cynics might say Clifford played the hawk from 1965 to 1967 just to wangle a cabinet position.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Matter Of Influence] Reference

Other hopefuls who had hung around, trying to wangle that first ride into Laos, had come up short.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saigon Quartet] Reference

Most of these are pursuing their immigration cases in the courts, if they can wangle access to a lawyer.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Fisher: The Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Limbaugh. Beck. O'Reilly. Hannity. Dobbs.] Reference

"Have it as you like, Captain Dawnay-Devenish," I said, "but before I go tell me, how did you wangle this job?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919] Reference

Completing a hat trick of luck at Red Horse Plaza, I was able to wangle a coffee table or two from Robert Stilin next door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kathryn Ireland: How I Decorate] Reference

They sent you over here as an administrator of safety and you had to wangle a local check-out on your own guts and dedication.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thud Ridge]

One of my favourite parts of the Budget is the Maastricht Treaty debt, calculated under a definition the Treasury cannot wangle.    From Wordnik.com.  [A bundle of debt] Reference

But if your credit is fair you can wangle a reasonable 15.99 percent APR, zero percent on transfers for six months and no annual fee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scoring Credit] Reference