finagle vs manipulate

finagle

verb
  • To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. 

  • To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object) 

  • To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery. 

manipulate

verb
  • To move, arrange or operate something using the hands 

  • To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use 

  • To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose 

  • To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something 

How often have the words finagle and manipulate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )